ANOTHER CLOSE
CALL: GAS LEAK STOPPED ON JONES CREEK ROAD IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AFTER
CONSTRUCTION CREW STRUCK AN 8-INCH GAS LINE
A gas leak earlier Thursday (Jan. 8) on Jones Creek Road
in East Baton Rouge Parish
has been stopped and "all (responding) units are clear," St. George
Fire District Eldon Ledoux said.
A Baton Rouge hazmat team and St. George Fire District
responders worked the scene after a construction
crew struck an 8-inch gas line. Deputies temporarily rerouted
traffic from Jones Creek Road to Shenandoah and Ferrell avenues. Traffic
is now back to normal.
The incident posed no danger, Ledoux said, but officials
were monitoring air quality near the scene.