COOPER CITY, FLA. (WSVN) - Crews have sealed off a residential gas leak in Cooper City.
Broward Sheriff’s Fire Rescue crews were called to the scene along the 3500 block of Barbados Avenue, just after 3:15 p.m., Monday.
Fire officials said landscapers struck a gas pipe while trimming hedges, and they evacuated the immediate area as a precaution.
A BSFR hazmat team then responded to the scene and secured the leak in about 10 minutes, fire officials said.
Shortly after the leak was secured, the evacuations were terminated, and residents were allowed to return home.
No injuries have been reported.
Fire officials said the gas company has been called to make a permanent repair to the pipe.
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