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Evacuation after lorry crash leads to gas leak

Chloe ParkmanDevon
News imageBuckfastleigh Fire Station The picture shows a roadside scene with two vehicles. On the left, there is a white refrigerated lorry, its cab is pressed against the wall of a brick building. Part of a metal railing appears bent or damaged near the impact point. The lorry has a large graphic on its side featuring an icy landscape with a castle.Buckfastleigh Fire Station
The vehicle hit a commercial building, damaging a gas pipe

Residents had to be evacuated from their homes after a lorry caused a gas leak by crashing into a building.

Devon and Cornwall Police asked locals in Buckfastleigh, Devon, to shut windows and doors on Friday morning after a lorry hit the side of a building and a parked van at Higher Mill Lane.

Wales & West Utilities said a gas service pipe supplying a commercial property was damaged. It said engineers stopped the leak "quickly and safely".

No injuries were reported and residents have now returned to their houses.

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