A portion of N. Glebe Road is closed in both directions after a construction crew struck a gas line.
The busy arterial road is closed between Old Dominion Drive and Rock Spring Road after a 3-inch gas line was reportedly struck by a construction crew using an excavator near Marymount University and Washington Golf and Country Club.
A number of roads were closed and there were reports of a strong odor of gas near the Pentagon due to a major gas line rupture Monday afternoon.
Initial reports suggest a 12-inch gas line was struck around 1:15 p.m., at the construction site for the Arlington National Cemetery expansion near the intersection of Columbia Pike and S. Joyce Street.
All lanes of eastern Columbia Pike are shut down due to a ruptured gas line.
Initial reports suggest that workers at the ongoing road project struck a gas line just before 3:30 p.m., prompting a fire department response and the closure of several blocks of the Pike near the Wellington apartments.
Firefighters are on scene of a significant gas line rupture in Arlington’s Glencarlyn neighborhood.
The leak was reported shortly before 4 p.m. on the 5500 block of 3rd Street S., between the Glencarlyn Library and Glencarlyn Park. Initial reports suggest that a county crew using an excavator punctured a gas main.
For the third time in a week, firefighters are investigating the smell of gas at Yorktown High School.
The school was evacuated around 10:30 a.m. this morning due to the gas odor and has dismissed early, Arlington Public Schools confirmed to ARLnow.
A gas leak prompted the complete closure of a section of Columbia Pike during Thursday’s evening rush hour.
Fire department units were dispatched to the scene around 4:45 p.m, leading to Pike being shut down between S. Courthouse Road and S. Scott Street.
For the second time in as many weeks Columbia Pike was closed due to a gas leak apparently caused by construction activity.
The incident happened shortly before noon on the Pike near S. George Mason Drive.
Columbia Pike was blocked between S. Quincy and Quebec streets due to a gas leak.
Initial reports suggest that a construction crew struck a one-inch gas line, resulting in an active leak sizable enough to prompt a road closure.
Update at 8:45 p.m. — Columbia Pike is back open.
Update at 5:50 p.m. — The gas leak has been stopped, the fire department said just after 5:30 p.m. Columbia Pike remains closed to traffic, however, according to traffic cameras.
The westbound lanes of Columbia Pike are closed near Penrose Square due to a gas leak.
It appears that a construction crew working in the roadway struck a gas line. Police, firefighters and Washington Gas crews have responded to the scene.
(Updated at 12:10 p.m.) The smell of natural gas has been reported in parts of the Westover neighborhood after a major leak.
The leak in a gas transmission line was first reported around 9:30 a.m. on the 1800 block of N. Lexington Street. Initial reports suggest that Arlington’s emergency dispatch center received reports of a gas smell in the nearby Westover library, Cardinal Elementary School and other locations as a result of the leak.
Update at 3 p.m. — The road has reopened, per police radio traffic.
A portion of S. Walter Reed Drive is closed due to a gas line rupture.
