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Repairs Complete After Gas Leak Closes East Franklin Street in Chapel Hill

Downtown Chapel Hill Safe After Carbon Monoxide Reports Close East Franklin Street EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this article indicated Dominion Energy made repairs on a potential gas leak. It has since been updated with information from the energy company confirming there was no natural gas leak, but a carbon monoxide leak. Part of Chapel Hill’s downtown got closed off Tuesday morning due to reports of a carbon monoxide leak, causing traffic detours and delays. The Chapel Hill Police Department and Fire Department responded to a potential gas leak in the 100-block of East Franklin Street shortly after 11 a.m. According to a Town of Chapel Hill spokesperson, emergency responders closed the area to traffic and police directed vehicles to detours. Buildings on the north side of Franklin Street, from the Wells Fargo bank to the Four Corners restaurant were also evacuated.

Gas Leak Closes Part of N Estes Drive in Chapel Hill

Gas Leak Closes Part of N. Estes Drive in Chapel Hill A busy road in Chapel Hill is closed on Wednesday afternoon as emergency services investigated a gas leak. The Chapel Hill Fire Department shared an alert to the community shortly before 12:30 p.m., saying North Estes Drive would be closed between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Caswell Road. The department said the gas leak was at Somerset Drive. A spokesperson for Dominion Energy North Carolina, the gas supplier, told Chapelboro the leak stemmed from a gas line damaged by work in the area unrelated to Dominion. #CHTraffic ⚠️ALERT⚠️: N #EstesDr is closed between #MLKJrBlvd and #CaswellRd due to a gas leak at #SomersetDr. @domenergync is on scene with us and addressing the leak. Please seek an alternative route for the time being. @WCHLChapelboro@dailytarheel@TheHerald Sun@wuncpic.twitter.com/bjN4LoByWZ

Chapel Hill Fire Dept Seeks New Recruits Amid Growing Community Need

Chapel Hill Fire Dept. Seeks New Recruits Amid Growing Community Need   Chapel Hill Fire is looking to add more firefighters to its department as several vacancies open up and the community’s need for service grows. The Chapel Hill Fire Department is currently recruiting six to eight more firefighters to add to its existing 89 employees. Deputy Fire Chief Stacey Graves said the Town of Chapel Hill has budgeted for 96 positions at the fire department. Graves said he hopes to not only fill current vacancies, but also to keep expanding operations. On top of the current recruitment process, Chapel Hill Fire has made a request in the town budget to add nine more positions for the next year in order to meet the demand of the community as the town continues to expand.

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