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Gas Leak at Restaurant Halts Business Downtown on Friday Evening
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A building in the center of downtown New Canaan was evacuated Friday evening following reports of a gas leak, officials say. At about 6 p.m. on May 9, the New Canaan Fire Department responded to a reported odor of gas in a restaurant on Main Street, according to a press release issued by NCFD. Arriving and with help from an off-duty firefighter from a neighboring town, officials “quickly determined a 100 gallon propane tank was leaking behind 15 Elm St.,” the press release said. The address is the same as SE Uncorked.
Occupants of the buildings at Main and Elm Streets left the premises while the Fire Department “deployed hose lines to disperse the accumulating propane gas vapors,” the release said. “Firefighters also found gas had accumulated in the basement of 15 Elm St.