10 Apr 2015

Gas leak forces supermarket evacuation

12:02 pm on 10 April 2015

Streets surrounding a Tauranga supermarket have reopened following a gas leak.

A Fire Service spokesperson said it appeared workers on a digger hit gas main pipes outside the Greerton Countdown store on Cameron Road around 7.30am.

The supermarket was evacuated and roads nearby closed for several hours.

All roads have been reopened and the gas leak has been fixed.