Gas leak leads to evacuation and shelter-in-place order in Avila Beach

Gas leak leads to evacuation and shelter-in-place order in Avila Beach

AVILA BEACH, Calif. (KEYT) – Around 100 people were evacuated and about 200 were asked to shelter in place after a gas leak was detected during trenching operations near Canvasback Place Thursday. No one was sickened in the area shared the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department. On Feb. 26, around 10:15 a.m., a large-diameter natural gas line was damaged during a trenching project in the 2100 block of Canvasback Place causing an active leak in t…