Gas line repaired after break caused evacuations in Perry County
Things were back to normal in Perry County Tuesday night, after a gas leak prompted evacuations.It was around noon that a construction crew working on a water line project hit the six-inch gas line on Mill Street.Multiple blocks downtown had to be evacuated as a precaution, and when the wind shifted, Crooksville Mayor Fred Redfern says that area had to be expanded.No schools were evacuated, but school buses had to be re-routed to avoid the area."Natural gas has a high explosion hazard. And we ha
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