CALGARY – The Calgary Fire Department said a large gas leak started at a construction site in Calgary’s northwest on Friday afternoon.
Spokesperson Carol Henke said a call came in just before 1 p.m. for a leak at a site near 11A Street and Kensington Road N.W. but the gas has since been shut off.
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Police said roads were closed between 11A Street and 14 Street N.W. on eastbound Kensington Road as of 1:30 p.m. as crews continued to clean up the “short-lived” leak.
Police said there was an area evacuation, but everyone had been allowed to return home or to their place of work by 1:30 p.m.
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