Homes evacuated as Shrewsbury road is closed by gas leak
Homes in Shrewsbury were evacuated as emergency services were scrambled to reports of a gas leak after a pipe was damaged.
West Mercia Police closed Wingfield Close, in Ditherington, on Friday morning.
About 30 properties were said to have been evacuated, with people allowed back into all the homes apart from the affected property around midday, when the road was reopened.
Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service says it was called at 10.03am and scrambled a crew from Shrewsbury Fire Station.
