Gas-line rupture leads to brief evacuation of nursing home


Authorities evacuated more than 100 residents of a nursing home in Lexington's Cardinal Valley neighborhood yesterday after a gas line ruptured behind the building. Just before noon, a lawn mower struck the gas line near Pine Meadows Health Care at 1608 Hill Rise Drive, Lexington Fire Battalion Chief Jim Wells said. "There was high-pressure gas flowing out toward the building, and it was also ...

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