Car Slams Into San Francisco Russian Hill Home, Creates Gas Leak

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- A vehicle slammed into a house and started a gas leak in San Francisco Monday, according to officials.

The San Francisco Fire Department said the incident happened on the 700 block of Green St. in the southeastern portion of Russian Hill at 2:41 p.m. The car apparently crashed into the outside gas meter.

PG&E officials and firefighters were on the scene attempting to control the gas leak, while residents in the area were asked to remain inside their homes, according crowd source news alert site Citizen SF Bay Area.

Others in the immediate area were evacuated, the fire department said. The gas was shut off and those evacuated were to be let back in shortly.

There were no injuries. No word yet on the cause of the crash.