Gas line struck in Polk City, forcing temporary evacuation in neighborhood
To follow this throughout the day. More breaking news to tell you about. A gas line was hit in Polk City, leading some people to evacuate the area. KCCI Marcus McIntosh joins us live from Polk City, where residents were allowed to return home about an hour ago. Marcus. We’re standing at the intersection of Oakland and Lyndale Drive here in Polk City. Now, when we got here, Mid-American Energy was hard at work. And this is the area they’re working on right in here. So that is the area where the gas leak occurred. But here things are slowly starting to get back to normal. When we arrived on scene earlier this morning, we can still smell the gas and Mid American Energy crews, as I mentioned, were on scene working to stop the gas leak. The leak was pinched off right about 10:45 this morning. At that time, Polk City’s Police Chief told us they were lifting the evacuation and people were allowed to return to their homes, telling us, along with the Fire Department, they went door to door at about 30 homes to ask people to leave because of the gas leak. They wanted to do that in an overabundance. Caution of safety. As for the cause of the leak, there was work being done outside by a construction crew that likely somehow cut the gas line, leading to the call for people to temporarily, temporarily leave their homes and now they can get back in their homes. We’re going to have much more coming up at four, five and six. Until the
Polk City officials say it’s safe for residents to return to their homes after a broken gas line forced a partial evacuation Friday morning. It happened at Lyndale Drive and Oaklyn Drive, according to a Facebook post by the Polk City Police Department, just after 9 a.m. Officials say they went door-to-door notifying people in the following areas of the gas leak and encouraging them to evacuate: 1100 -1216 Broadway100-1218 Westside Dr1309-Westside Drive on SunsetOfficials said around 11 a.m. that crews had pinched off the gas line and it was safe for people to return to their homes. North Polk Community School District’s West Elementary School was not impacted. It’s unclear how the gas line was struck. This is a developing story. Subscribe to KCCI’s YouTube pageDownload the free KCCI app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google PlayGas line struck in Polk City, Iowa
Polk City officials say it’s safe for residents to return to their homes after a broken gas line forced a partial evacuation Friday morning. It happened at Lyndale Drive and Oaklyn Drive, according to a Facebook post by the Polk City Police Department, just after 9 a.m. Officials say they went door-to-door notifying people in the following areas of the gas leak and encouraging them to evacuate: 1100 -1216 Broadway100-1218 Westside Dr1309-Westside Drive on SunsetOfficials said around 11 a.m. that crews had pinched off the gas line and it was safe for people to return to their homes. North Polk Community School District’s West Elementary School was not impacted. It’s unclear how the gas line was struck. This is a developing story. » Subscribe to KCCI’s YouTube pageDownload the free KCCI app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play
