Gas Leak Thursday Shut Down Ordnance Road

A bank and Chuck E. Cheese restaurant were evacuated Thursday after a contractor struck a gas line in the area and caused a leak, according to Anne Arundel County Fire Department Chief Michael Cox.

The 4-inch, high pressure, gas line at 6708 Ritchie Highway was breeched around 11:55 a.m. Cox said. Fire department crews blocked off the area and evacuated the Wells Fargo Bank where the gas line is located and a nearby Chuck E. Cheese.

Crews were on the scene until 6 p.m. when BGE officials were able to stop the leak, Cox said.

According to an article in the Maryland Gazette, at least one person drove around the barricades and bumped a fire engine. Police pursued the driver to southbound 295 and into Prince George's County where officers from other jurisdictions eventually stopped and arrested the man.

Editor Maya T. Prabhu contributed to this report.