Seattle, WA
Natural gas leak prompts evacuations in Leschi neighborhood – Fire Line
SEATTLE – At 10:42 a.m., The Seattle Fire Department’s Fire Alarm Center received a 911 call reporting a broken natural gas line in the 3000 block of S. Jackson St. Crews arrived on scene and began investigating.
The gas line supplied a single-family residence. The home was evacuated. Natural gas readings in the area and wind direction prompted crews to evacuate all residences for one block to the north of the broken gas line.
Firefighters set up an exclusionary zone to keep people from entering the impacted area. Fire crews along with Seattle Police and King County Metro used apparatus to block streets from Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. at S. Jackson St. to 31st Ave. S. and the Northbound lanes of S. Washington St.
Puget Sound Energy arrived and secured the gas leak by 1 p.m. All residents were able to safely reoccupy their homes. No injuries reported.
