Crime & Safety

Construction Vehicle Ruptured Gas Line, Closing Sycolin

The incident forced the evacuation of some offices, but was over by 9:30 a.m.

A construction vehicle performing work near Sycolin and Tavistock Drive damaged a gas control valve and ruptured a 12-inch line.

Sycolin was closed from from Tolbert Drive to Miller Drive in Leesburg for a little less than two hours, reopening the road by 9:30 a.m.

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Loudoun Fire & Rescue units from Leesburg and Lansdowne responded, as well as the Loudoun County Hazardous Materials Team. Offices at 803 Sycolin Road were evacuated during the incident.

No injuries were reported.

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