MORNINGSIDE GAS LEAK CONTAINED

STREETS AROUND THE LAKEPORT COMMONS AREA OF MORNINGSIDE WERE SHUT DOWN BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON.

CITY FIRE OFFICIALS SAY AN EXCAVATOR STRUCK AND RUPTURED A GAS LINE NEAR TEXAS ROADHOUSE SHORTLY BEFORE 12:30PM.

THE LINE WAS QUICKLY SHUTDOWN AND NO BUSINESSES WERE EVACUATED. STREETS IN THE AREA WERE RE-OPENED WITHIN A HALF HOUR.