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A gas leak in downtown Durham has forced the evacuation of nearby buildings late Wednesday afternoon, according to the city\u2019s Fire Department.<\/p>\n

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Crews are at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Blackwell Street due to the \u201clarge natural gas leak\u201d in front of the main entrance. There is no scheduled game at the stadium Wednesday night, the department said.<\/p>\n

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All streets surrounding the stadium are shut down while the department waits for Enbridge Gas and Duke Energy to secure the area.<\/p>\n

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This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Streets are closed and buildings are evacuated downtown Durham due to a gas leak, the fire department said Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"\nLarge gas leak forces downtown Durham businesses near ballpark to evacuate - Durham Moving Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=4201\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Large gas leak forces downtown Durham businesses near ballpark to evacuate - 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