Lanes closed while crews work to repair gas leak on Mount Vernon Highway in Sandy Springs

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A section of Mount Vernon Highway in Sandy Springs has been closed due to a gas leak.

Lanes are closed near 471 Mount Vernon Highway.

Chopper 2 flew over the scene and showed crews working to repair the leak near the entrance to Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church.

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Firefighters with Sandy Springs Fire Department are also present at the scene.

The Fire Chief said the rupture was caused by a construction company.

The gas leak has been cut off and no one was evacuated.

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