Gas leak on Monday forces Durham daycare to evacuate
CRUCIAL IN INCREASING PATROLS
IN HIGH-CRIME AREAS.
>> BREAKING NEWS FROM WRAL
COVERAGE. YOU CAN COUNT ON.
>> AND WE START WITH THAT
BREAKING NEWS AT 5. DOZENS OF
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS HAD TO
BE EVACUATED FROM THE DURHAM
DAYCARE AS CREWS WORK TO REPAIR
A GAS LEAK IN THE AREA. THANKS
FOR JOINING US. I'M DEBRA
MORGAN AND I'M GERALD OWENS.
WRAL'S JULIAN GRACE IS LIVE
NEAR THAT SCENE AT LIBERTY
STREET AND ALSTON AVENUE.
>> JULIE WANTS THE SITUATION
THERE RIGHT NOW.
WELL, JOE CREWS ARE KEEPING US
AT BAY AND THEY HAVE BLOCKED
OFF THE STREET HERE AT ALSTON
AND LIBERTY. THEY PUT UP COLD
SO NO DRIVERS GO THIS WAY.
>> AS CREWS CONTINUE TO WORK
AWAY. NOW, WE DID HAVE SKY 5 IN
THE ERA WHEN THAT CALL FOR HELP
CAME IN. AND THIS IS THE VIDEO
THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SCENE
HERE. DETAILS WE'RE GETTING AT
THIS HOUR. THE GAS COMPANY IS
ON SITE AND IT'S MAKING PLANS
TO SHUT OFF THE GAS. NOW THEY
EVACUATED APPROXIMATELY 40
TEACHERS, HIS STUDENTS FROM A
NEARBY DAYCARE TO AN OFF-SITE
LOCATION AT THIS TIME. THIS
INTERSECTION ONCE AGAIN AND
LIBERTY IN ALLSTON IS CLOSED.
THERE HAS BEEN NO TIME FRAME
AT THIS POINT ON THE WIN THIS
STRETCH OF ROAD WILL OPEN BACK
UP AS FAR AS THOSE TEACHERS
AND STUDENTS THAT OFF-SITE
LOCATION, THEY'RE KEEPING THAT
AT BAY. AT THIS POINT, WE
HAVEN'T SEEN ANY PARENTS SHOW
UP EITHER SORT OF SOUNDS LIKE
MORE OF THAT INFORMATION IS
STILL COMING IN NOW. WE DO.
IT DID JUST RECEIVED SOME NEW
INFORMATION. I BELIEVE THAT NEW
INFORMATION THAT IS COMING INTO
US RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS THAT NEW
INFORMATION WE'RE RECEIVING?
>> TALKING TO OUR PRODUCERS,
THE LEAK.
THE LEAK HAS NOW OFFICIALLY
STOPPED. WE'RE TOLD THAT THE
LEAK HAS NOW OFFICIALLY STOPPED
AS FAR AS LIBERTY IN ALLSTON
STREET, THOUGH IT WILL CONTINUE
TO REMAIN CLOSE. WE'RE GOING TO
GO OVER HERE AND TALK TO THE
SOME CREW MEMBERS TO SEE IF WE
CAN GET SOME MORE INFORMATION
FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE IN