A natural gas leak forced multiple homes to evacuate and shut down a stretch of roadway Wednesday morning near Salisbury Township‘s border with Allentown.
The leak was reported just before 8:30 a.m. in the 200 block of East Emmaus Avenue. Township police closed off a portion of the street in both directions as UGI crews worked on the
Five homes were evacuated, John Mason, a spokesman for UGI Utilities Inc., told lehighvalleylive.com. As of 3:30 p.m., those residents were allowed to return home due to gas levels dropping, Township Police Sgt. Bryan S Losagio said…