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Pittsburgh-area welding company building evacuated due to gas leak

December 20, 2023 / 12:40 PM EST / CBS Pittsburgh

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ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Several businesses in Ross Township had to be evacuated because of a gas problem at a welding business.

Workers at Csaszar Mechanical & Contracting Services on Babcock Boulevard reported the issue just after noon on Wednesday. Officials evacuated the building.

Businesses within 200 feet of the building were also evacuated and a section of Babcock Boulevard was closed for about two hours.

No injuries were reported.

Ross Township
Gas Leak

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Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.