Kenosha courthouse evacuated after gas line break

By: Beth Kevit, [email protected]//September 13, 2012//

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A broken gas line outside the Kenosha County Courthouse sparked a brief evacuation of the building Thursday morning.

A landscaping crew working outside the courthouse struck a 1-inch service line around 10:30 a.m., according to We Energies spokeswoman Cathy Schulze. Gas flow to the line was shut off around 10:45 a.m., and the courthouse reopened around 11 a.m., Shulze said. Repairs to that line are complete, she said.

A request for comment from the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department was not immediately returned Thursday afternoon.

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