Busy Columbia road closed for second day in a row, but for different reasons
A busy downtown road was closed for the second day in a row, the Columbia Fire Department said Wednesday morning.
A day after a car crash forced a section of North Main Street to be blocked, no traffic was allowed on another stretch after a gas line was cut, according to the fire department.
Drivers are told to find alternative routes, North Main is shut down in the area between Muller and Hyatt avenues, the fire department said. That’s near Columbia College and North Main’s intersection with Monticello Road.
At about 9 a.m., a road crew hit a natural gas line, fire department spokesman Mike DeSumma told The State.
No evacuations have been issued, and no injuries were reported, DeSumma said.
DeSumma said the road is not expected to be closed to drivers for long as power crews from Dominion Energy are on the scene.
Dominion sent crews to the intersection of North Main and Miller Avenue Tuesday following a single vehicle collision that knocked down power lines. A utility pole, along with power lines and traffic signals were in the middle of the road, following the crash.
This is the second time in less than a week that a busy downtown road has been closed because a gas line was cut.
On Aug. 13, a section of Huger Street, from Gervais to Pendleton streets, was blocked after a natural gas line was hit by a construction crew digging in that area, DeSumma said.
No injuries were reported in either of those incidents.
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