WINDER - It took nearly three hours to contain a gas leak on Highway 124 in Barrow County near the Jackson County line Thursday morning.
Barrow County Fire Dept. Lt. Scott Dakin said a construction crew hit the gas line just before 7 a.m., forcing the closure of the roadways and prompting the evacuation of businesses in the area.
No one was hurt, according to Dakin.
The gas leak was contained by 10 a.m.