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Buildings Evacuated In Northwest DC Due To Gas Leak Days After Explosion Buildings Evacuated In Northwest DC Due To Gas Leak Days After Explosion
Buildings Evacuated In Northwest DC Due To Gas Leak Days After Explosion First responders in DC were busy on Monday morning responding to another gas leak days after a similar instance led to a building being leveled and day care being forced to temporarily relocate. Shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 29, DC Fire and EMS personnel were called to a reported outside gas leak in the area of 19th and Vernon Street NW after a construction worker accidentally hit an outside line. Significant gas leak 1900 block 19th St NW. 8 inch main struck by work crew. @washingtongas on scene. Metering of adjacent structures finds no gas presence. Precautionary hose line in positi…