Evans Avenue reopens after natural gas leak causes evacuation of day care
Gulf Coast News
[{'start': '0.266', 'end': '6.739', 'text': "DOWN THE STREET. DIDN'T WANT   TO INHALE AND I DIDN'T WANT MY   KIDS AND HE'LL IT EITHER.   >> EVANS AVENUE FROM WINKLER   TO COLONIAL BOULEVARD IS NOW   BACK OPEN. CHILDREN AND   WORKERS RUSHED TO SAFETY FROM   SCHOOLS AND A BUSINESS GULF    COAST NEWS REPORTER ALICIA IN.   GARY IS THERE LIVE WITH THE    MESS. THIS CAUSE FOR A LOT OF   PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF CENTRAL    FORT MYERS.   >> NO MORE DETOURS HERE ALONG   EVANS AVENUE DURING A RUSH   HOUR. BUT WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU   AS THOSE EVACUATIONS, THEY   CAUSED QUITE A PANIC FOR   PRESCHOOLERS FOR PARENTS AS   WELL AS BUSINESSES HERE WHO   HAD TO BE EVACUATED HERE    TODAY. YOU CAN SEE HERE,    DOZENS OF KIDS RUSHED OUT OF    ODYSSEY PRESCHOOL ACADEMY.    >> AS A STRONG GAS ODOR   STARTED TO FILILL THIS ENTIRE   AREA ALONG EVANS AVENUE   BETWEEN WINKLER AND COLONIAL   BOULEVARD. FACT, WE WERE   SPECIFICALLY TOLD NOT TO START   ANY OF THE CARS. THAT'S WHY WE    WERE ASKED TO WALK AWAY FROM   THE BUILDING AND OUR HR   DIRECTOR INSTRUCTED EVERYBODY   JUST TO GET GRUBER'S DOWN THE   STREET FAR FROM THE LEAK FROM   A LAW FIRM EVACUATED TO THE   EYE CENTER RIGHT ACROSS THE   STREET WAS PRETTY HEAVILY A   PROPANE OUTSIDE OR GUESTS SOME   SORT. THEN THERE'S A LOT OF   EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. WELL,   WE'VE GOT A FIRE TRUCK AND    SEVERAL POLICE CARS HERE, YOU   KNOW, BLOCKING BOTH SIDES OF    THE ROAD. THE ROAD  WAS CLOSED    FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS.   >> WE WATCHED CARS DRIVE BACK   AND FORTH, TRYING TO FIND    ANOTHER ROUTE. COLLEEN. RALPH    TRIED TO PICK HER HUSBAND UP   FROM WORK. I GOT CONCERNS. SO    I WENT AND GOT MY SON FROM   SCHOOL, ALLEN PARK AND THEN.   >> I CAME OVER HERE TO TALK TO    WHEN THE POLICE OFFICERS, NONE   OF THEM HAVE INFORMATION FOR   ME. I MEAN, OF COURSE.    >> SO I JUST WENT OVER. I   WALKED OVER. AND I SAID MY    HUSBAND WORKS AT MARRIAGE.   >> SO THE HIGHS WELL, FORT   MYERS POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS A   3RD A PARTY WHERE THE ONES   THAT STRUCK THAT GAS LINE.   AGAIN, HAPPENED AROUND 10    O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. SINCE   THEN IT'S AND IT'S BEEN   SEALED. IT TOOK ABOUT 5 HOURS.    SO NOW YOU COULD GET HERE"}]