A gas leak in Riverside County has prompted mandatory evacuations, authorities announced Thursday.
Details are limited and it’s unclear exactly what caused the rupture, but officials first notified the public about the leak, in 1300 block of State Street in San Jacinto, at around 11:30 a.m.
In a 6:30 p.m. update , officials said evacuations orders remained in place for:
- North of Crows Nest
- South of the canal
- West of Buena Vista
- East of Palm
Additionally, evacuation orders downgraded to warnings included:
- South of Tenth
- West of Santa Fe
- East of Buena Vista
- North of Fruitvale
- South of Crows Nest
In a post to X , formerly Twitter just after 3:30 p.m., the Riverside County Fire Department said that SoCalGas was on the scene and “working to mitigate the leak.”…