WTOP/Meera Pal
WTOP/Meera Pal
WASHINGTON — Wisconsin Avenue, south of Calvert Street in Glover Park, reopened after a construction crew struck a gas line Thursday morning.
Washington Gas tells WTOP the gas leak occurred around 10:41 a.m. Thursday.
The gas was shut off by 11:40 a.m. and the road reopened just after noon.
The leak forced the evacuation of Whole Foods. No other businesses were evacuated, according to D.C. Fire.
.@dcfireems shutting down Wisconsin Ave in both directions at Glover Park Whole Foods due to reported gas leak. pic.twitter.com/E1zRYx7Szp
— Meera Pal (@Meerakat) February 5, 2015
