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Austin Fire Department works to repair gas main break in northwest Austin

As a precaution, six houses in the area were evacuated while crews worked to repair the leak.

AUSTIN, Texas — Crews with the Austin Fire Department (AFD) responded to a gas main break in northwest Austin on Wednesday morning.

According to AFD, crews located a 4-inch gas main that had been struck in the 7500 block of Fireoak Drive at around 10:55 a.m. Crews evacuated and shut off electricity to six homes in the area as a precaution.

Just before 4 p.m., AFD reported the gas flow was clamped and Texas Gas Service crews were still on the scene. 

It is unclear if anyone has been directly affected as a result of the gas leak, but crews did warn about traffic delays in the area while they work to repair the line.

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