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Gas Leak Redirects Clearwater Traffic: City Officials

A contractor working along U.S. 19 hit a Clearwater Gas line Monday afternoon, city officials said.

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A contractor working along U.S. 19 hit a Clearwater Gas line Monday afternoon, city officials said.
A contractor working along U.S. 19 hit a Clearwater Gas line Monday afternoon, city officials said. (Patch Graphics)

CLEARWATER, FL — A gas leak has redirected traffic along U.S. 19 in Clearwater on Monday afternoon, city officials wrote in a Facebook post just before 5 p.m.

A contractor struck a Clearwater Gas line at Curlew Road.

Several lanes of traffic are shut down, as officials tell divers to “find a different way home.”

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