BRIEFLY : GAS LEAK, FIRE CAUSE EVACUATION AT BASE.Byline: Daily News A natural-gas leak and unrelated clothes dryer fire at the Naval Construction Battalion Center forced the evacuation evacuation /evac·u·a·tion/ (e-vak?u-a´shun) 1. an emptying. 2. catharsis; emptying of the bowels. e·vac·u·a·tion n. of more than 30 base residents Tuesday, Navy officials said. Responding to a 9 a.m. call, emergency crews discovered that a contractor operating a backhoe hit a buried high-pressure gas line behind Warfield Gymnasium gymnasium In Germany, a state-maintained secondary school that prepares pupils for higher academic education. This type of nine-year school originated in Strasbourg in 1537. . At the same time, the emergency crews noticed a fire on the roof of the gym. Local firefighters were called to aid the base crew. The gas leak The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. For other uses, see Leak (disambiguation). and fire were quickly contained. Navy officials said the extent of the fire damage was not known. Residents in a nearby housing unit who were evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. as a precaution later were allowed to returned to their homes. |
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