Gas Leak Forces Evacuations

A gas leak in NE Philly sends people packing

At least 6 people were evacuated from their Northeast Philadelphia homes after a gas leak Thursday afternoon.

It happened on the 31-hundred block of Mechanicsville Road.  An independent crew was working on a line outside a house when it  ruptured, said a PGW spokesman.

4 homes were evacuated as a precaution.  There are no injuries.
 

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