Originally published on WBRZ
BATON ROUGE – A stretch of Burbank Drive was closed Thursday afternoon due to a gas leak.
DOTD says the roadways was closed off around 4:30 p.m. between Bluebonnet Boulevard and Highland Road because of the incident. The St. George Fire Department says the incident was caused by construction equipment striking a natural gas line under development.
The fire department says leak posed no danger to the public.
The roadway was reopened shortly before 6 p.m.
