Gas leak in Bountiful leads to evacuation of almost 15 businesses

BOUNTIFUL — A gas leak led to the evacuation of Colonial Square shopping center and all businesses in that vicinity Wednesday.

The evacuation was prompted by a "small gas leak in the ground" behind Wade Medical Plaza in Colonial Square on the corner of 500 West and 2600 South in Bountiful, said South Davis Metro Fire Battalion Chief Steve Moss. Nearly 15 buildings were evacuated.

Moss said that one of the companies affected was a brand new business hoping to have an open house.

"They evacuated all the businesses there and they all left, probably for the day," Moss said. "There was nobody injured, nobody got sick from it, it was just a big pain in everybody's neck to leave."

Moss said investigators were at the site of the incident, working to determine the definite location and cause of the leak.

— Emiley Morgan