A construction crew installing fiber-optic lines at Suncrest Towne Centre hit a 12-inch gas line on Tuesday, causing several businesses to be evacuated.
Star City Volunteer Firefighter John Hitchens said they received the call shortly before 1:45 p.m.
The building housing Primanti Bros and several other businesses, the professional buildings that house PNC Bank, realtor.com, WVU Dental Care, the law firm Farmer, Cline & Campbell and the building with Tim Hortons, Dairy Queen and Little Caesars were evacuated.
An employee of LOFT Outlet, Samantha Sabol, said someone from the fire department came in and said there was a leak but only Primatni Bros was evacuated. Two minutes later, he came back and said the gas was spreading through the sewers and the entire building was being cleared.