Gas Leak Forces Neighborhood Evacuation
1-Block Area Is Evacuated
POSTED: 8:45 am EDT October 16, 2008
UPDATED: 9:59 am EDT October 16, 2008
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BOSTON -- A Charlestown neighborhood was evacuated Thursday morning after a construction crew ruptured a gas line, Boston police said.The gas line was breached at 38 Austin street about 8:30 a.m. An elderly housing complex and several homes were evacuated, Boston fire department spokesman Steve MacDonald said.The evacuation involved a one block area. Police set up a staging area for emergency responders at Old Rutherford Avenue.Traffic restrictions were put in place in the area.The leak was controlled by National Grid crews after about an hour.
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