ROLLING COVERAGE: Gas leak emergency in Maryborough CBD
Police have revoked the emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA)over the major gas leak at Maryborough.
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LATEST: Police have revoked an emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) in relation to a major gas leak at Maryborough this morning.
Officers were called to Kent Street around 11.20am following reports of a ruptured gas main.
The PSPA was declared at 12.02pm and an exclusion zone was put in place in the immediate vicinity.
The exclusion zone encompassing Kent and Adelaide Streets, Lennox, John and Ellena Streets and the Woolworths carpark has now been reopened and the PSPA declaration revoked at 3.05pm.
Lennox Street remains closed between Kent and Ellena Streets.
UPDATE 2pm: The CBD remains locked down more than two hours after the discovery of a gas leak.
Emergency crews are on scene and evacuations have been ordered.
An exclusion zone is in place with people urged to avoid the area.
UPDATE 1.30pm: Physikal Sports Massage employee Courtney Alexander said the smell was "horrendous" when the gas first started leaking this morning.
Police informed staff to stay indoors and within 100metres and if it got worse they wound be evacuated.
They have since been told someone from the gas company has turned off the gas.
The business has cancelled appointments and home visits to their clients as a result.
EARLIER 1.15pm:
BUSINESSES are closed and traffic is being diverted as emergency crews attend to a major gas leak in Maryborough's CBD.
Fraser Coast Chronicle reporter Boni Holmes, who is at the scene, described crews dousing the area with water.
Rust-coloured water is bubbling out of the ground.
Traffic is being diverted along Adelaide St and surrounds.
The PSPA declaration covers the area of Kent and Adelaide streets, Lennox, John and Ellena streets and the Woolworths carpark.
A Queensland Police spokesperson said the area would be closed for up to six hours.
Police have declared an emergency situation under the Public Safety and Preservation Act (PSPA) due to a major gas leak in Maryborough this morning. https://t.co/MLRbO6CR9R pic.twitter.com/qJIGymJobj
— Queensland Police (@QldPolice) August 26, 2019
More information to come.
Originally published as ROLLING COVERAGE: Gas leak emergency in Maryborough CBD