The Georgia State Capitol was evacuated just one day after the election due to a “gas leak.”
Construction crews hit a gas main at Piedmont Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in downtown Atlanta on Wednesday morning, forcing the state Capitol to evacuate its staff, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The leak comes just one day after presumptive President-elect Donald Trump won the state of Georgia in a close race against Vice President Kamala Harris.
Atlanta Gas Light, which is at the scene, said a six-inch gas line was damaged, it said in a statement. x publication.
“Our crews are on scene working with first responders to turn off the gas and secure the area as safely and quickly as possible,” he said in a statement.
Fire crews on scene are taking air quality readings near the impacted area as they work to repair the leak.
Roads in the area are closed to travelers and are expected to reopen around 1:00 p.m., according to The Journal.
Construction crews hit a gas main at Piedmont Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in downtown Atlanta on Wednesday morning, forcing the state Capitol to evacuate its staff.
Atlanta Gas Light, which is on scene, said a six-inch gas line was damaged. Roads in the area are closed to traffic and are expected to reopen around 1 p.m.
“Vehicle and pedestrian traffic is being redirected around the affected area while Atlanta Fire and Atlanta Gas Light assess the line,” Georgia Department of Public Safety spokesperson Courtney Lund told The Journal.
While the leak is being repaired, people nearby with respiratory problems are asked to take precautions, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.
Everyone is asked to avoid the area.
Crews were seen inside and outside the Capitol conducting testing and work, while government employees were seen leaving the building.
On election night, Trump won 50.8 percent of the votes counted in the state, while his Democratic counterpart was right behind him with 48.5 percent, according to AP figures.
It comes just one day after presumptive President-elect Donald Trump won the state of Georgia in a close race against Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Associated Press officially projected the former president as the winner of the Peach State in a blow to Harris.
The call came after pre-election polls suggested Georgia was on a knife’s edge.
Currently, 97 percent of the votes in Georgia have been counted.
Trump and Harris were neck-and-neck in the state’s poll numbers for weeks, with the most recent average putting the former president just 1.3 points ahead of the vice president.
The state’s 16 Electoral College votes counted toward the 270 Trump needed to win the presidency. As of Wednesday afternoon, the former president had obtained 277 votes.
