This story was updated at 12:50 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2022, to include the latest information
A damaged gas line in a construction area at North Bethesda’s Pike & Rose development has led to an evacuation Tuesday morning, according to a Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service spokesman.
Fire & Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer posted on Twitter that in the construction excavation area a damaged gas line was leaking and some buildings had been evacuated as a precaution. Additionally the area has been cordoned off to pedestrians.
Piringer wrote that Washington Gas is on scene and the leak has been controlled.
According to Andre Francis, a Washington Gas spokesman, the utility was notified of “third party damage” to a service line just after 10:30 a.m. A crew from the utility was on site to shut off gas at 10:48 a.m., he said.
A hazardous materials team is inspecting the area, Piringer wrote.
Roads throughout the retail development are closed.
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