Buildings At UConn Evacuated After Gas Line Struck

STORRS, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – At least two buildings on the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs were evacuated late Thursday morning after a construction crew hit a natural gas line with a backhoe.
The excavator was working to clear the scene of a fire that burned down a historic landscaping barn May 8 on the eastern end of campus when the mishap occurred around 11 a.m., said university spokesperson Stephanie Reitz.
People were cleared from the UConn Dairy Bar and the Jones acad