UPDATE: Workers Strike Gas Line at Apartment Complex in Palm Desert

Update 5:35 p.m. Utility crews stopped gas flowing Friday afternoon from a two-inch line ruptured by workers at a Palm Desert apartment complex, a Cal Fire spokesman said in an update.

Southern California Gas Company workers "mitigated the flow of the gas leak," Mark Annas of Cal Fire-Riverside County said in an update at 4:50 p.m. "Shelter-in-place has been lifted for all residents."

There was no immediate word on how long repairs and restoration of service would take.

Posted 5 p.m. Construction workers struck a gas line at an apartment complex Friday afternoon in Palm Desert, and some residents were ordered to "shelter in place" while utility crews tried to fix the leak, a Cal Fire spokesman said.

The incident was reported at 2:45 p.m. Dec. 27 in the 1600 block of Via San Martino, just south of Country Club Drive, Mark Annas of Cal Fire-Riverside County said in a statement.

Two engine companies responded and found workers had struck a two-inch diameter gas pipe during "new construction," Annas said just before 4 p.m. "Residents in nearby units are sheltering-in-place  while the Gas Company mitigates the incident."

Annas said the Southern California Edison responded along with the Southern California Gas Company.