Residents who were forced to flee their houses following a gas leak Friday afternoon near Spring, Texas, have returned to their homes.
According to the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office, the leak affected residents along Birnamwood Boulevard and Cypresswood.
Several homes were evacuated as a result of the closure of certain roadways.
CenterPoint Energy’s lines
According to ABC 13, CenterPoint Energy said that a third-party construction worker struck one of its lines. It was a gas line measuring one and a quarter inches in diameter.
An Eyewitness News team on the site witnessed the area returning to normalcy shortly before 4 p.m. CenterPoint employees were seen completing repairs, and most residents had already returned to their homes.
Authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether anyone required medical attention as a result of the incident.
