Gas line break prompts shelter-in-place order on Hardscrabble Rd.

Photo: Rich Wandover

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– According to the Columbia Fire Dept., Dominion has stopped a gas leak and traffic has been reopened on Hardscrabble Rd.

Earlier in the day a spokesperson for the Columbia Fire Dept. says residents were asked to shelter-in-place after a gas line break at Hardscrabble Rd. and N. Brickyard Rd.

Officials say a construction crew hit a gas line.

A Dominion spokesperson released a statement following the  break saying, “At approximately 8 a.m., Dominion Energy crews responded to Hard Scrabble Road and Mann Road, where a third-party contractor performing excavation work in the area damaged one of our natural gas lines. Safety is our highest priority.”

Dominion officials say the leak was repaired at 11:47 Wednesday morning.