{"id":409969,"date":"2026-07-23T22:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/409969\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:00:14","slug":"coffee-road-between-stockdale-highway-and-truxtun-avenue-reopens-after-gas-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/409969\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee Road between Stockdale Highway and Truxtun Avenue REOPENS after gas leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Coffee Road between Stockdale Highway and Truxtun Avenue reopened Thursday afternoon after a gas leak in the area caused the road to be closed for several hours.<\/p>\n<p>The Bakersfield Police Department posted about the incident Thursday morning at around 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Police asked residents to use alternative routes.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Coffee Road between Stockdale Highway and Truxtun Avenue closed due to a gas leak in the area Thursday morning. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ee34c7cf-47e8-4e29-943e-6ffdd614c86f-coffeeandstockdalegasleak_frame_28885.jpeg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Coffee Road between Stockdale Highway and Truxtun Avenue closed due to a gas leak in the area Thursday morning. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>The Bakersfield Fire Department posted at around 1:45 p.m. that the gas leak was clear. &#8220;The gas leak incident has been safely resolved, and the areas will begin being reopened to traffic,&#8221; said in a social media post. <\/p>\n<p>The cause of the gas leak was not said. Eyewitness News has reached out to the department for more information, but has not heard back.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Coffee Road between Stockdale Highway and Truxtun Avenue closed due to a gas leak in the area Thursday morning. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c3b1329b-821c-4fd0-8d8e-3b6b3c332039-Sequence_CoffeeGasLeakVO_0001_frame_16751.jpeg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Coffee Road between Stockdale Highway and Truxtun Avenue closed due to a gas leak in the area Thursday morning. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>The area impacted several shopping centers, including restaurants at lunch hour.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Coffee Road between Stockdale Highway and Truxtun Avenue closed due to a gas leak in the area Thursday morning. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15fd3352-1a54-494c-8c59-6648e064bb24-Sequence_CoffeeGasLeakVO_0001_frame_15912.jpeg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Coffee Road between Stockdale Highway and Truxtun Avenue closed due to a gas leak in the area Thursday morning. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>One of the restaurants included Kimchee Korean. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kimchee_korean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram Story<\/a>, the restaurant said, &#8220;It&#8217;s unfortunate cause we prepped for the day and this is going to take a big toll on our restaurant. Every hour that we&#8217;re closed, it&#8217;s gonna hurt us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. 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