Houses evacuated, roads closed as Salt Lake fireplace division responds to gasoline leaks

SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake Metropolis Fireplace Division is responding to 2 gasoline leaks on Thursday afternoon, each of that are impacting the communities round them.

The fireplace division informed residents to count on delays round each gasoline leaks.

“These closures might final for a number of hours,” an announcement on the social platform X mentioned.

Sugar Home gasoline leak

One gasoline leak round 1600 East and 2100 South in Sugar Home led to a shutdown of 2100 South between 1300 East and 1800 East.

The Salt Lake Metropolis Fireplace Division mentioned residents close to the leak have been evacuated, they usually anticipated the evacuation to final about to round 3 p.m. It mentioned they may use X to let residents know once they can return.

The leak can also be impacting Sugar Home Park, which the hearth division mentioned is closed because of the gasoline leak.

Highland Excessive Faculty is accessible from the east solely, one other publish on X mentioned.

State Road

The opposite gasoline leak is impacting site visitors in all instructions close to 700 South and State Road in Salt Lake Metropolis.

Emergency utility work is affecting each instructions of State Road, and the highway shall be closed till the work is full, in response to a publish from the Utah Division of Transportation.

About 2:15 p.m., the Salt Lake Metropolis Fireplace Division mentioned State Road shall be opening, however 700 South will stay closed whereas Dominion Power repairs the road. It mentioned the hearth division is not wanted on the scene.