Police say a semi truck collided with a Corvette, sending the sports car "careening into a gas pipeline structure along the side of the road."

The probe at the plant run by LG Polymers, owned by South Korea's LG Chem Ltd, found the company was negligent and warning systems were not working.

A platoon chief said fire crews responded after neighbours in the area of Trafalgar Street and Atkinson Boulevard heard a 'large sound of venting' Saturday evening.

According to the alert, there is a significant gas leak due to an incident in downtown Black Diamond and residents are being asked to avoid the area.

Officials are asking commuters to avoid the intersection. 

Images from television showed people lying in the streets after they collapsed while trying to flee.

It was a chaotic morning for roughly 50 Londoners forced to evacuate due to a gas leak on Albert Street, just west of Richmond Street.

People are being warned to keep away from the area of 120th Street and 64th Avenue in Surrey due to a gas leak.

A school and some neighbouring homes in a southern Manitoba community had to be evacuated when a natural gas line was accidentally cut at a nearby construction site.

Daniella Alexandra Leis faces a dozen charges after a house-levelling blast took place in the city's Old East Village neighbourhood on Aug. 14.