Outside Gas Leak in the 7200 block of Waldron Ave

At approximately 12:40 pm crews from the Temple Hills area responded to a report of an outside gas leak in the 7200 block of Waldron Ave.  Crews arrived to find that a 1 inch high pressure gas line was struck by a piece of construction equipment (backhoe).  A total of five houses were evacuated and Washington Gas arrived on the scene and shut the gas line off.  There were no reported injuries from this incident.

Erroll W. George, Sr., Major, 240-832-5761