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Several businesses, including a grocery store, were evacuated this morning in Jefferson County because of a gas line rupture.
No one was injured in the incident, said Jim Hofstra, fire marshal with Littleton Fire Rescue.
The incident happened at about 10:25 a.m. in the 7300 block of West Chatfield Avenue.
A trenching crew working on a new building site accidentally ruptured a two-inch gas line.
Workers and customers in a strip mall, with about 20 businesses, were evacuated as a precautionary measure, Hofstra said.
The pipe was capped and people were allowed to return at about 10:50 a.m., Hofstra said.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
