Gas leak prompts evacuations near KU Hospital, closure of 39th Street

Several buildings near the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., were evacuated Monday morning after a gas line was broken.

Kansas City, Kan., firefighters reported that a 3-inch line was struck and was leaking just before 10:30 a.m.

Emergency crews blocked off 39th Street in front of the hospital and ordered the evacuation of the Dykes Library and Hemenway building, both on the north side of 39th Street.

Gas company crews were dispatched to stem the leak.

This story was originally published September 19, 2016 at 10:47 AM with the headline "Gas leak prompts evacuations near KU Hospital, closure of 39th Street."