Officials do not report on the public near the Metro Hall

Kentucky, a gas leak at the intersection of the streets of Fifth and Jefferson in Louisville, performed several buildings on Tuesday morning.
Louisville Fire reacted to the leak together with LG&E and the Metropolitan Sewer District and recognized dangerous natural gas levels in the air and sewage system.
It is assumed that the leak comes from an 8-inch plastic distribution line in the 5th Street, but the exact cause is still examined by LG & E.
Officials ask people and vehicles to avoid the area while the crews are working to secure the leak.

(This story has been updated with new information.)

The Louisville officials announced that they had reopened the streets, and there is no further danger to the public hours after the buildings were evacuated for a gas leak in the city center near Metro Hall.

The Louisville Metro police were reopened on Tuesday the streets for vehicle and pedestrian traffic near the gas leak, although the Fifth Street between Liberty and Market Street is closed until at least Wednesday due to repair work, said Kevin Trager, spokesman for Mayor Craig Greenberg.

In a Lensalert from Louisville Metro Emergency Services, which was exhibited shortly after 2 p.m., stated that there is no danger in the area of the streets of the fifth and Jefferson.

LG & E Plant to repair damaged pipeline by digging out at the approximate location of the gas leak in the Fifth Street between Jefferson and Market Street, said Liz Pratt on Tuesday afternoon. Repair work can take until Wednesday, but take several days.

After completing the repairs, LG & E will work together according to Pratt to restore 21 customers “as quickly and safely as possible” Gasservice.

“We ask that the drivers are careful when they see crews in the area,” she said.

An examination of the cause of the leak continues, but LG&E believes that it comes from an 8-inch plastic distribution line that Fifth Street runs between the streets of Jefferson and Market. The exact position of the leak is unknown.

“At this point in time we have crews in the region that work with the fire brigade to make the area safe and carry out leak examinations,” said Pratt.

Bobby Cooper, deputy head of the fire department in Louisville

“When we were originally on site, we started monitoring the air and took on dangerous natural gas levels outside and within buildings and within the sewage system,” he said.

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The incident was referred to as the HAZMAT occurrence of level two, which requires the evacuations of affected and nearby buildings. Buildings from Jefferson to Marktstraße between the fifth and sixth street as well as buildings that have half a block east of the Fifth Street were released by all workers and should remain closed for the rest of the working day, said Cooper.

The branch in the city center of the Clerk of the Jefferson County's office is “closed” due to the gas leak, “” explained County Clerker Bobbie Holsclaw in a Facebook post.

In a Lensalert, the residents and workers in the city center were asked to avoid the area on Tuesday morning, but the crews were “reduced these explosive boundaries very quickly” by ventilating near buildings and sewers, said Cooper.

“Now we need the public to help ourselves to keep the area clear,” he said.

Mayor Craig Greenberg said that the town hall and the U -Bahn corrections from Louisville were not evacuated due to the gas leak.

Officials do not report on the public near the Metro Hall

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