FRANKLIN, Tenn. – Officials were called to the scene of a gas line rupture at a shopping center in Franklin Tuesday morning.
Officials with the Franklin Fire Department responded to the Maples Shopping Center, situated between Interstate 65 ad Mack Hatcher Parkway, due to reports of a gas leak.
In a Tweet, the department said 18 businesses were evacuated as a precaution. Initial reports did not indicate any hazardous threat to the surrounding area.
Fire units investigating gas leak @ Maples Shopping Center. Businesses have been evacuated as precaution. pic.twitter.com/OpsTG5u7Hi
— Franklin Fire Dept (@FranklinFire) June 23, 2015
The leak has since been repaired. The evacuated businesses were allowed to return to their stores.
No additional details were known.
