Between 100 and 150 West Baltimore homes haven’t had gas for multiple days after Baltimore Gas and Electric Company found water in the area’s gas lines, prompting the company to shut off service out of an abundance of caution and to initiate repairs.

BGE crews first identified the problem on Friday after responding to a call from a resident on Riggs Avenue, which stretches across multiple neighborhoods including Midtown-Edmondson and Sandtown-Winchester, and worked through the weekend to address it, according to a company spokesperson. They hope to restore some service by later today but have not identified an estimated time frame for full-service restoration.

The company sent a community engagement team out to the affected area today to check on residents, hand out water and answer questions, the spokesperson said.

Baltimore’s Department of Public Works is investigating how water got into the lines, according to BGE. In an email Tuesday afternoon, a spokesperson for DPW said they have repaired the impacted water service line but did not offer details about the source of the water leak.

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Water spewed out of curb drains sporadically along the 900 block of North Payson Street on Friday morning; residents said it had been happening for days and they didn’t know why.

Residents have found little respite from roadwork and construction in the area.

Passenger rail company Amtrak has already begun pre-construction work like demolition and surveying for its ambitious, multibillion-dollar Frederick Douglass Tunnel, the south entrance of which sits next to the affected area. The neighborhood will soon fill with trucks and heavy machinery for years to come as the company starts boring the replacement for the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel, which was built more than 150 years ago.

On Sunday, it wasn’t Amtrak digging up the road, it was BGE’s gas emergency team — crews closed roads and excavated sections of them along multiple blocks of North Payson and other area streets. Several cars tried to turn onto North Payson and had to back up in confusion.

BGE appreciates residents’ patience as they work to resolve the issues, the company spokesperson said.