THREE LAKES, Wis. (WSAU) -- Motorists driving in the Three Lakes area may be alarmed by some small, unusual fires this week. Leah Van Zile from Wisconsin Public Service says you shouldn’t be alarmed. WPS crews are purging about 22 miles of high pressure natural gas pipelines to make some modifications and do some maintenance.
Van Zile says the gas will be burned, or flared off at the disconnection points, which is a controlled burn.
There will also be workers at the regulator station near Highway 70 and County Highway O east of St. Germain as workers inject nitrogen and air to purge the lines.
The work is expected to take much of this week. Next week, similar work will be done in the Clear Lake, Woodruff, and St. Germain areas.
WPS officials say people at Don Burnside Park in Three Lakes may smell gas odors and see occasional flames about five feet high as part of this project.