Update 4:00 p.m.
The gas leak that prompted evacuations this morning at Ft. Belvoir has been fixed.
By 2:45 p.m., utility crews from Washington Gas completed their repair of a four-inch gas main that ruptured in the town center area of the Army base.
Residents, business owners and their employees have been allowed to return to the areas that were cordoned off about 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
Traffic was also affected by the gas main break: Drivers on Gunston Road south of the affected area will be diverted onto Theote Road where they can link with Pohick Road.Drivers who are north of the affected area will be diverted onto 9th Street and then onto Belvoir Road, said Ft. Belvoir spokeswoman Jacqueline Leeker.
Drivers headed onto the base may enter at all gates except for the one at Telegraph Road.
No one was injured.
Original Post 11:41 a.m.
Ft. Belvoir, Va. –– Those who work and live in the town center area of Ft. Belvoir have been evacuated because of a gas leak.
According to the Army Garrison’s Twitter feed, a four-inch gas main ruptured in the area of 12th Street, forcing the evacuation of people in the area to the Van Noy’s Library.
Staff at a nearby children’s development center have been told to shelter in place.
The area between 12th Street and Gunston Road has been closed, 9th Street.
A Ft. Belvoir spokeswoman could not immediately be reached for comment.
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