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Gas leak prompts shopping center evacuation

Posted at 10:53 AM, Jan 09, 2013
and last updated 2013-01-09 11:54:22-05
Shoppes at Bellgrade gas leak. (PHOTO: Chris Norton)

Shoppes at Bellgrade gas leak. (PHOTO: Chris Norton)

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WTVR) – A gas leak has prompted a partial evacuation at the Shoppes at Bellgrade on West Huguenot Rd. in Midlothian.

A driver jumped the curb at the shopping center and hit the gas line, according to Chesterfield Fire and EMS spokesman Lt. Jason Elmore.  Her vehicle is currently on top of the line. Crews are working around the vehicle, looking for a place to turn off the gas.

This is a developing story.