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Gas Leak Prompts Evacuations In Midtown Sacramento

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A gas leak in Midtown Sacramento has been capped after several homes had to be evacuated. 

A construction tractor operating on I Street and Alhambra hit the 2-inch gas line around 9 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Sacramento police evacuated three residences and issued a shelter-in-place order for Sutter Middle School.

Officers closed off Alhambra from I Street to J Street as a precaution.

Sutter Middle School offered voluntary early dismissal for parents who wanted to pick up their children early.

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