CFD: Forest Drive to reopen soon after a cut gas line blocks roadways
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Columbia Fire Department officials say responded Friday morning to Forest Drive, between Lakeshore Drive and Trenholm Road, after a natural gas line was cut.
Officials say the natural gas line was cut around 8 a.m. by a construction crew, but they have since sealed the leak.
Firefighters say they evacuated a strip mall on 5115 Forest Drive due to a gas leak.
Columbia Fire Dept. says the gas is hazardous but no one has been injured.
Firefighters say SCE&G officials were on the scene.
Stay with ABC Columbia for updates.
TRAFFIC UPDATE: Forest Drive is expected to reopen shortly at Lakeshore Drive #gasleak
— Columbia Fire (@ColaFire) January 25, 2019
