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Gas leak closes portion of 33rd Avenue SW
UPDATE: A natural gas leak closed part of a Cedar Rapids street for more than an hour today.
Firefighters and police blocked off a couple blocks of 33rd Avenue SW after a backhoe punctured a 2-inch gas line at the corner of Remington Street SW around 10 a.m.
Battalion Chief George Bockenstedt said no one from the nearby subdivision was evacuated.
“The wind was blocking it in the right direction, into an open field,” he said.
The street reopened around 11:10 a.m.
Crews respond to 33rd Avenue SW, near Prairie Creek Road SW, for a reported natural gas leak Thursday, May 13, 2010. (Jeff Raasch/The Gazette)
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