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Daycare evacuated due to damaged gas line

Daycare on Millside Drive southwest evacuated due to damaged gas line. Global News

Fire crews evacuated 73 children and 13 adults from a daycare in the city’s southwest on Wednesday afternoon after a nearby gas line was damaged.

The Calgary Fire Department was called to Millside Drive southwest at 1:30 p.m. where workers struck a gas line while digging to build a fence.

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No injuries were reported.

Calgary Transit buses were brought in to relocate the children.

Traffic on Millside Drive southwest has been shut down, and ATCO Gas is on scene.

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