Gas Main Leak in Manchester at East Main Street Construction Zone

Update #4 (Monday 9:33 pm)

City Manager Tim Vick and Manchester fire officials say the gas main leak has been secured and the evacuation order has been lifted.

Update #3 (Monday 7:43 pm)

Manchester Fire Chief Kevin Graybill says Black Hills is still running into issues. They are now estimating to have the gas main leak repaired no earlier than 9:30 pm.

Update #2 (Monday 5:48 pm)

It’s taking a little longer to expected to fix the gas main leak in Manchester. Randy Rattenborg with the Manchester Fire Department says Black Hills ran into an issue, so they’re now estimating the problem to be resolved within the next hour and a half to two hours (around 8 pm).

Update #1 (Monday 4 pm)

Black Hills is on the scene of the gas main leak on East Main Street in the construction work zone. City Manager Tim Vick says they’re expecting the issue to be resolved in the next two hours.

Original story (Monday 2:39 pm)

Manchester city officials say there is a gas main leak on East Main Street in Manchester as part of the construction project.

Crews hit a gas main on Monday afternoon in the area of East Main and Bailey Drive, where construction work has been taking place for the past few weeks.

City Manager Tim Vick says everyone is asked to avoid the area until they’re able to seal the leak off and re-open the area. The area to avoid would be one block within the East Main Street work zone.

The City has expanded the detour one block west.

Vick says they are evacuating nearby homes and businesses at this time.