Route 176 near Wauconda reopens after gas leak
Posted April 24, 2014 1:00 am
A natural gas leak forced authorities to shut down a stretch of Route 176 near Wauconda for more than five hours Thursday.
The leak occurred about 7 a.m., west of Fairfield Road. Crews doing road improvements punctured a gas line on the south shoulder with machinery, Wauconda Fire Protection District officials said. The road was reopened to traffic about 1 p.m., officials said.
No one was hurt, nor was there a fire, officials said.
Route 176 was shut down between Fairfield Road and the entrance to the Lakewood Forest Preserve, which is just west of the intersection a short time later as a precaution until the line could be capped, officials said.
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