Mall Cleared After Gas Line Is Ruptured
From Times Staff Reports
About 500 people were evacuated Saturday from Westminster Mall after an employee who was unloading items from a delivery truck accidentally ruptured a gas line, Westminster police said. No one was injured.
Authorities also cordoned off a parking lot, leaving about 60 people unable to get to their vehicles, police said.
Gas first spewed in the loading dock of Sears Roebuck about 11:10 a.m., police said. The mall was reopened shortly before 1 p.m.
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