It was a busy day for raleigh firefighters after they had to deal with two unrelated gas leaks— the first on lenoir street—the second at a strip mall in the 1300 block of Capital Blvd. Firefighters say it took about 15 minutes to clear the stores in the strip mall after the leak erupted. It began, as these things usually do, with a digging operation by a contractor. They were digging between the Jiffy Lube and the Terrymore Square shopping center when they pierced an underground gas line around 1 p.m. Raleigh Battalion Chief David Whitley said there are immediate precautions they take before the gas line is shut down. “The main thing is get a perimeter and evacuate businesses close to the spot,” he said. Officials say 15 businesses were closed for several hours as a result of the leak.