Natural Gas Leak Shuts Down Portion of Rhode Island Highway

A natural gas leak closed a portion of Interstate-195 in Providence, Rhode Island, Wednesday night.

Rhode Island State Police said the leak was in the area of Allens Avenue and Eddy Street, which was also shut down for a period of time.

National Grid arrived to the scene to shut down the leak but the cause was not yet determined.

No injuries were reported.

Just before midnight, I-195 was reopened.

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