BUTLER TWP. — Businesses hope they can get back to normal after a gas leak forced them to close on Thursday.
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We continue to look at how this happened this morning on News Center 7 Daybreak.
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As we reported Thursday on News Center 7 at 5:00, it happened in Butler Township around noon at the intersection of Miller Lane and Benchwood Road.
Benchwood Road reopened around 5:30 p.m.
Crews were working on a road widening project when it hit a gas line.
Our News Center 7 team on the scene reported at least seven businesses near the intersection were closed due to the leak. They told a woman that one restaurant was closed.
“You just go across the road to the next restaurant,” she said. “I guess it could happen anywhere.
We will update this story.
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