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Gas Leak Prompts Evacuations In Ventura Neighborhood

(VFD Photo)
Ventura Firefighters, gas company crews work to safely shut down leak after gas line accidentially cut in neighborhood

Four homes have been evacuated, and residents of several others have been have been ordered to shelter in place because of a gas leak.

A backhoe accidentally cut into a gas line near Inspiration Way and Laurel Street in Ventura just before nine this morning.

No one was hurt, and Ventura firefighters and repair crews are now on scene. It’s expected the line will be repaired by noon.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.