Gas Leak Prompts Road Closures In Roseville
The Roseville Fire Department is advising motorists of road closures Monday afternoon due to a gas line leak.
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The Roseville Fire Department is advising motorists of road closures Monday afternoon due to a gas line leak.
The explosions happen nearly every other day across the country, leveling homes and taking lives – just like the deadly blast that launched John Lundahl's house into the sky last November.
Authorities are investigating an explosion Friday morning at an industrial glass manufacturer in the south metro.
Police in Edina say some businesses have been closed after contractors hit a gas line Tuesday morning.
The Bloomington Fire Department says an area of the city was shut down after a major gas leak Friday.
Minneapolis fire officials say the gas leak near the University of Minnesota campus has been mitigated and occupants of surrounding buildings have been cleared to return.
A gas main rupture has closed off part of Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis Tuesday afternoon.
Authorities say a building in the west Twin Cities metro had to be evacuated Wednesday morning after employees inside could smell gas.
Authorities say Highway 55 west of the Twin Cities had to be closed in both directions for several hours Tuesday due to a gas leak.
Authorities say Interstate 94 at the Lowry Hill Tunnel in downtown Minneapolis has reopened after it was closed due to a broken gas main.
Traffic on Interstate 35W was at a stand still in both directions Saturday afternoon after an accident involving a semi-truck. The Minnesota State Patrol says a piece of construction equipment on the semi made contact with the 86th Street Bridge just before 1 p.m.
Authorities are on the scene of a gas leak after a line was struck near the new Lafayette Bridge in St. Paul. The St. Paul Fire Department says a four inch gas line was hit by a backhoe at about 10 a.m. near the area of Fillmore and Lafayette.
A gas leak in Dakota County forced people to evacuate their homes and nearby buildings.
CenterPoint Energy crews are working to restore gas service to consumers and businesses in Anoka County following a gas leak.
Thirteen people have been treated after inhaling gas at a hotel in northern Iowa. Mason City firefighters were sent to a Holiday Inn Express a little before 11:45 a.m. Sunday.
People in St. Paul are thankful a potentially dangerous situation ended without injuries. A contractor hit a two-inch gas line Monday afternoon, near Warwick Street and Randolph Avenue.
A gas leak that led to a road closure in Bloomington has been stopped Thursday morning. According to Bloomington police, shortly before 5 a.m. a gas leak was reported near Old Cedar Avenue in Bloomington.
Buildings were evacuated in south Minneapolis Wednesday afternoon after fire officials detected natural gas following a report of a leak. Workers at a grain elevator at 35th Street and Hiawatha Avenue called 911 to report a strong smell of natural gas at about 4:30 p.m., according to a CenterPoint Energy spokesperson. Minneapolis Fire crews did not detect a leak in the grain elevator, but did find a leak on the street nearby.
A possible gas leak led to the evacuation of Maple Grove High School on Thursday afternoon. Barbara Olson, the director of school and community relations for Osseo Area Schools, says her office was alerted about 1 p.m. that a gas-like odor caused a precautionary evacuation of the school. Maple Grove High lets out a 2 p.m., so students who walked or drove were released early.
A University of Minnesota building was evacuated because of a suspected gas leak, but no gas was found. Students were cleared from the chemical engineering building on the East Bank of the Minneapolis campus Monday afternoon.
Construction crews working in St. Paul accidentally ruptured a gas line Wednesday morning. The accident happened at about 10:15 a.m. near the area of Farrington Street and Arlington Avenue.
South Minneapolis residents forced to evacuate their homes Wednesday afternoon because of a natural gas leak are now being allowed to go home.
Authorities aren't sure what caused the explosion that evacuated a Brooklyn Center school, and restricted traffic in the area on Tuesday afternoon.
Authorities said the gas leak happened at the Stillwater prison between buildings Friday morning when contractors digging in the area to replace concrete hit a natural gas line.
Highway 12 in Maple Plain had to be closed for more than two hours on Wednesday after a gas leak in the area, authorities said.
