Gas leak closes portion of Notre Dame Street
CBC News
Posted: Jan 3, 2013 11:44 AM ET
Last Updated: Jan 3, 2013 2:33 PM ET
According to a witness, a snow clearing vehicle hit a gas line on Beaudoin Street. (Submitted by Jonathan Shanks)
Emergency crews shut down a two-block stretch of Notre Dame Street in St-Henri for a gas leak.
A witness told CBC he saw a city snow-clearing vehicle hit the gas line as it drove along a sidewalk near the intersection of Notre Dame and Beaudoin streets earlier this morning.
Firefighters and police were on the scene and evacuated a dozen residential and commercial buildings.
Emergency vehicles were blocking Notre-Dame Street between Ste-Marguerite Street and Sir George-Étienne Cartier Square.
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