At approximately 9 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 12, a DC Fire and EMS Hazmat team was called to the 600 block of Kennedy Street in DC, where there was a report of a vehicle that struck a gas meter of a mixed occupancy building, requiring at least three residents to evacuate, according to officials.
Utilities were shut down at the scene and to adjacent buildings by Washington Gas crews, who advised that they will have to excavate the street in order to stop the leak.
No timeline for the restoration of power or repairs for the gas leak has been announced.
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