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Gas Leak Causes Evacuations In Beaumont
The weekend gas leak also prompted a temporary shelter-in-place order.
BEAUMONT, CA β Four homes were evacuated and residents in another 20 homes were told to shelter in place due to a natural gas leak in Beaumont Sunday.
The natural gas escaped from a residential line and was reported just before 4 p.m. in the 600 block of Cypress Street, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
A Southern California Gas Company crew fixed the leak, and no injuries were reported.
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An earlier statement from the department erroneously put the number of shelter-in-place residences at 210.
β By City News Service