Businesses set to reopen after gas leak forced hours-long closure in Butler Township

Businesses hope they can get back to normal after a gas leak forced them to close on Thursday.

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We continue to look at how this happened this morning on News Center 7 Daybreak.

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As we reported Thursday on News Center 7 at 5:00, it happened in Butler Township around noon at the intersection of Miller Lane and Benchwood Road.

Benchwood Road reopened around 5:30 p.m.

Crews were working on a road widening project when it hit a gas line.

Our News Center 7 team on the scene reported at least seven businesses near the intersection were closed due to the leak. They told a woman that one restaurant was closed.

“You just go across the road to the next restaurant,” she said. “I guess it could happen anywhere.

We will update this story.

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