Publix, surrounding stores were evacuated for gas leak

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A grocery store and several surrounding stores in Johns Creek were evacuated because of a gas leak.

Utility crews working behind the Publix at State Bridge and Medlock Bridge roads cut a line behind the store causing the leak, according to the fire department.

As a safety precaution, the Publix and all the stores in the plaza were evacuated.

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Repair crews on the scene cut off the leak and repaired the line, allowing people to return to the stores.

This was the third gas leak that has caused evacuations in metro Atlanta Tuesday.

The first leak in Clayton County, which was caused by a car crash, forced a neighborhood to evacuate. A second leak in NW Atlanta evacuated a day care. None of the leaks are connected.

Cox Media Group