A natural gas leak in Stony Plain was contained late Thursday night after a line was struck in the community west of Edmonton earlier in the evening.
At around 6:30 p.m., a gas line was struck in the laneway north of 51 Avenue and east of 50 Street.
Businesses in a one-block radius of the leak were evacuated.
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Members of the Stony Plain Fire Department were called to the scene as a precaution as ATCO Gas crews worked to fix the line.
At around 9:30 p.m., RCMP said crews had stopped the gas leak. Crews were expected to remain on scene into the night to conduct further repairs.
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The Town of Stony Plain said ATCO isolated the line break to a single business. Gas service is expected to be restored by Friday morning.
No injuries were reported.
Stony Plain is located about 40 kilometres west of Edmonton.
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