A broken two-inch natural gas main forced the evacuation of a dozen people in midtown Tucson Wednesday morning and disrupted traffic, authorities said.
A construction crew installing a storm drain at East Prince Road and North Mountain Avenue broke the line about 9:35 a.m., said Libby Howell, a spokeswoman for Southwest Gas Corp.
Westbound Prince was closed until about 9:50 a.m., Howell said.
People were evacuated from buildings on the the intersection’s northeast corner, said Capt. Tricia Tracy, a Tucson Fire Department spokeswoman.
The leak was shut off at 9:45 a.m. and by shortly before 10 a.m. Prince was open and people were allowed to return to the buildings.
Holaway K-5 school, at 3500 North Cherry Ave., about three blocks from the leak, was not evacuated.
No injuries were reported during the incident.