Some Pacific Heights neighbors were advised to leave the area after a gas line ruptured at a construction site near Pacific Heights Drive and Sievers Way early this afternoon.
Initial reports and versions of this story included mentions of the neighborhood having been evacuated. Hence, the following updates:
Update 3:45pm – spoke with Cascade Natural Gas crew at the site of a leak and they advised there was no order to evacuate.
Update 4pm – spoke with fire department staff and they advised the immediate neighbors to leave (not a forced evacuation) and left it up to people to decide when to return.