Residents evacuated following gas leak in northeast neighbourhood

Dozens of homes in Harvest Hills were evacuated on Saturday night because of a gas leak.

Twenty-five homes and 45 people were forced out of their homes when a gas line ruptured during an excavation.

Crews were called to the 500 block of Harvest Hills Drive around 6 p.m. on Saturday and when they arrived they told residents to leave the area.

Transit buses were brought in to keep evacuated residents warm and ATCO was called in to fix the leak.

After several hours residents were told they could return to their homes.