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Dartmouth residents allowed back home after morning gas leak

Gas crews, Emergency Health Services and police were on the scene after a large pipe ruptured on Linden Lea.

Leak caused by construction workers rupturing gas line

Residents waited on Pleasant Street in Dartmouth while crews attended to the gas leak. (Paul Palmeter/CBC)

Homes in a Dartmouth neighbourhood were evacuated Thursday morning after a large gas pipe ruptured.

Gas crews, Emergency Health Servicesand police were called to the scene on Linden Lea.

There were no injuries.

"Construction workers were digging and they hit a 1.5-inch gas line," said Lt.Kevin Corkum of Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency while on scene.

Residents on Linden Lea were asked to leave their homes as a precaution, followed by people living on Old Ferry Road, St. Georges Lane,and parts of Pleasant and Portland streets.

The site of a gas leak on Linden Lea in Dartmouth, N.S., on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (Paul Palmeter/CBC)

Chris Lund, who lives on Linden Lea,was working from home whenfirefighters went door to door telling residents to leave their residences.

"They werecoming up and down the laneway with some sort of device to measure the gas, and then they knocked on our door and told us we had to get out. We quickly grabbed the cat and put him in a carrier and walked over tothe park," said Lund.

Gas crews were able to locate and shut off the pipe valve in the area. People were permitted to return to their homes after 30 minutes.

Pleasant and Portland streets were closed from St. Georges Lane to Old Ferry Road. They reopened before noon.

Residents were seen waiting with their pets. (Paul Palmeter/CBC)