{"id":267479,"date":"2026-05-12T02:43:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/267479\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T02:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:43:23","slug":"gas-leak-shuts-down-tampa-intersection-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/267479\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas leak shuts down Tampa intersection, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Video above: See the week\u2019s top headlines in Tampa Bay<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The Tampa Police Department said an intersection in South Tampa was shut down Monday morning due to a gas leak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities said construction workers struck a TECO natural gas line at the S. Westshore Boulevard and W. El Prado intersection, causing the leak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Crews were repairing the leak Monday afternoon, with Tampa Fire Rescue on scene in case of any safety issues.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers are diverting traffic in a one-block radius around the intersection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is a developing story. Stay up to date on the latest from News Channel 8 on-air and on the go with the free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\/apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:WFLA News Channel 8 mobile app;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;WFLA News Channel 8 mobile app&quot;}\" class=\"link \">WFLA News Channel 8 mobile app<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Video above: See the week\u2019s top headlines in Tampa Bay TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The Tampa Police Department&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[73821,2620,135,6417,137,136,3793,567],"class_list":["post-267479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-gas-leak","tag-intersection","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-fire-rescue","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tampa-police-department","tag-wfla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}