The leak happened on Hazelhurst Street between Lawson Avenue and Rosetta Street in a neighborhood to the south of U.S. 35. Residents of Hazelhurst Street or on Holderman Place between Lawson Avenue and 491 Holderman Place were asked to evacuate their homes and leave the area.
“The fence company was auguring a fence post, it looks like, and they hit a natural gas line,” said Tony Shockey, who lives in the 400 block of Hazelhurst. “We smelled it and the police came and the fire department and they told us to evacuate until they could get it shut down.”
Just before 1 p.m. the leak was repaired and residents were able to go back to their homes, Anderson said.
The village offices and council chambers were opened as a shelter for those affected, and there were some people there, he said.
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