{"id":407531,"date":"2026-01-14T22:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/407531\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:51:37","slug":"evacuations-underway-as-crews-respond-to-gas-leak-in-alameda-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/407531\/","title":{"rendered":"Evacuations underway as crews respond to gas leak in Alameda, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">ALAMEDA, Calif. (KGO) &#8212; Fire officials are responding to a gas leak in Alameda on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It&#8217;s happening at 5th and Pacific. Officials first responded to the scene around 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Crews are evacuating the area including students at Island High School and Alameda Child Development Center, located in the same area, according to Alameda Unified High School District.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA hsDdd DbOXS oklLN GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR WAUrb hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/18403751_011426-kgo-gas-leak-sky7-img.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The gas leak was caused by a third party construction crew, according to PG&amp;E, saying &#8220;this incident is a third party dig in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">PG&amp;E has been notified and is on their way to the scene. PG&amp;E will determine what repairs are needed and how to stop the flow of gas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">There is a shelter in place, but the exact location is unknown at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">PG&amp;E is reminding people to call 811 for any digging projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ABC7&#8217;s Anser Hassan is heading to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">This story is developing. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KGO-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALAMEDA, Calif. (KGO) &#8212; Fire officials are responding to a gas leak in Alameda on Wednesday. It&#8217;s happening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[196058,4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-407531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-196058","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}