A mini digger sits off of Kingston Highway Tuesday afternoon as natural gas escapes from a pipe that was hit when crews were digging nearby. (Jeremy Stewart/RN-T.com)
Crews working in the area reportedly struck a gas line, causing a leak at about 5:30 p.m.
Police blocked off Kingston Highway between its intersection with the Rome bypass and Old Freeman Ferry Road.
Atlanta Gas Light officials were on the scene just after 6 p.m., and the leak was capped and traffic able to resume by 8 p.m.
No one was injured, and there were no homes or structures close enough to the leak to call for an evacuation.
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