FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Firefighters have capped a gas leak in Fort Lauderdale that prompted an evacuation Wednesday morning.
Workers were installing water lines in the 900 block of Northeast 16th Avenue when they accidentally struck a one-inch gas line.
The area was temporarily evacuated while firefighters dug in the trench to locate the leak. It was capped in about 30 minutes.
No injuries were reported.