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Gas Leak

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Gas Line Struck At Rockville Pike, Cedar Lane

Lanes re-opening and gas is controlled, Montgomery County Fire ad Rescue reports.

Contractors apparently struck a gas line near the intersection of Rockville Pike and Cedar Lane Wedesday afternoon, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue reports. Fire and Rescue responded shortly before 1 p.m. to the report of a gas leak at the intersection, according to Capt. Oscar Garcia, a Fire and Rescue spokesman. Responders discovered a gas leak in the street, Garcia said. Washington Gas was called to the scene and the leak was controlled. Several lanes of traffic were shut down, and lanes were beginning to re-open shortly before 2:30 p.m., Garcia said. It's not clear who struck the gas line, but a major improvement project is underway at the intersection as a part of a plan to mitigate the impact of BRAC-related traffic. Under the …

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Children's Inn Evacuated After Gas Leak

No one injured, Fire and Rescue report.

Update, 4:19p.m.: A spokeswoman for the Children's Inn confirmed the residents and staff are unharmed and are back in the building. Original Post: The Children's Inn at NIH was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after a gas leak on the NIH campus, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. The Inn is a residence for sick children and their families who have traveled to Bethesda to receive treatment at NIH. Rescuers were dispatched around 3:43p.m., according to Fire and Rescue spokesman Capt. Oscar Garcia, and the gas was shut off to the building less than 10 minutes later. The occupants of the building were evacuated as a precaution, and no one was injured, Garcia said. It wasn't immediately clear how the leak happened.

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