A gas leak on Sooke Road near Royal Roads University affected traffic on the West Shore on Wednesday morning.
Emergency crews were able to shut off the gas at around 9:30 a.m. No homes or businesses were evacuated.
The gas line was struck across the street from Westshore Centre for Learning and TrainingB次元官网网址檚 Colwood campus, at the construction site of a new housing complex.
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Sooke Road was closed to traffic between Mt View and Aldeane avenues, with an alternative route available. The roadway partially reopened to traffic at around 10 a.m.
Cassidy noted it took crews more than an hour to shut off the line. B次元官网网址淚t was a two-inch line that was hit but it snubbed off a double fed six-inch line which resulted in Fortis having to pull out a lot of resources B次元官网网址� it was quite an involved situation.B次元官网网址�
Cassidy thanked drivers for the patience and for following the direction of firefighters. B次元官网网址淓verything actually went really smooth this morning.B次元官网网址�
No one was injured.
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