KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Some Lexington, Missouri, residents were evacuated after a crew struck a gas line around 9:20 a.m. Friday.
The Lexington Police Department said the gas line was struck in the area of 26th Street and Washington Street.
Mayor Tom Hughes told KSHB 41 News the city's water crew was replacing a water line when the gas line was hit.
According to a post on social media, residents were evacuated at 26th Street and Hillside to 26th Street and South Street.
The mayor confirmed people within the area, approximately 200-square-feet from the gas line, were evacuated, including several houses.
Residents were allowed back in the area around 11:30 a.m., and crews were testing the lines around 12:30 p.m., according to Hughes.
The gas line strike and evacuation comes on the first anniversary of a deadly gas line strike and explosion.
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