{"id":406089,"date":"2026-08-14T02:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T02:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406089\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T02:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T02:58:08","slug":"construction-crew-damages-gas-line-near-saginaw-blvd-causing-road-closures-city-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406089\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction crew damages gas line near Saginaw Blvd, causing road closures, city says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A construction mishap has caused a gas leak near North Saginaw Boulevard in Saginaw, leading to road closures and heavy traffic.<\/p>\n<p>SAGINAW, Texas \u2014 A construction crew damaged a natural gas pipeline Thursday in the 200 block of North Saginaw Boulevard in Saginaw, prompting a response from Atmos Energy crews and temporary road closures in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Atmos Energy said the crew was not affiliated with the utility company. The damage happened near 125 North Saginaw Boulevard, according to Atmos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1758587335038083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Video shared on social media<\/a> from the city showed the gas leak happened near a RaceTrac gas station.<\/p>\n<p>As of 6:25 p.m., officials say the gas leak is secured and no longer leaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saginaw Main Street was reduced to one lane in each direction but has since been reopened. The shoulder at Worthy Street remains closed as Atmos Energy crews continue repairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d3cec84f-510e-471f-8a3e-0fd801bf0736_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Drivers are encouraged to avoid the area, use alternate routes and slow down near emergency crews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A construction mishap has caused a gas leak near North Saginaw Boulevard in Saginaw, leading to road closures&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-406089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}