Emergency crews responding to a natural gas leak are clearing buildings on Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets between 10th and 11th streets.
Downtown gas leak causes evacuations
Reporter Shaun Hittle describes the scene at 11th and New Hampshire streets, after a natural gas leak forced emergency crews to evacuate area buildings. Enlarge video
Two city streets were blocked off and about a dozen businesses were evacuated after a delivery truck hit a natural gas meter in the alley between the 1000 blocks of Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets Wednesday morning, according to Black Hills Energy spokesman Curt Floerchinger.
The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m., and crews worked for about an hour replacing a broken valve on the meter. Floerchinger said crews shut off gas to the block quickly, but businesses on both the 1000 blocks of Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets were evacuated as a precaution. By 11:30, streets and businesses had reopened.
No injuries or major damage was reported.
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UNIKU (anonymous) says…
Was Yellow House evacuated?
Ricky_Vaughn (anonymous) replies…
Yellow House was at 19th Magellan...
swampyankee (anonymous) says…
The driver should have hit the brake not the gas
notwhatyouthink (anonymous) says…
Price of Coke just went up.
jjt (anonymous) says…
For a little while there I was concerned that I would not get my fish and chips. Needless to say our local chippy kept calm and carried on. F n C delivered to normal high standard.
Takes a direct hit to shut down the local chippy and then only while a new pot of tea is being brewed.