Road closed after gas leak reported

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WINCHESTER -- Frederick County authorities closed Airport Road for over an hour Tuesday afternoon after a gas leak was reported at Winchester Regional Airport.

Several fire and rescue crews were dispatched to the airport about 4:30 p.m. to a report of a leak in front of the airport terminal building.

Bud Payne, a flight line technician at the airport, said a construction crew hit a gas line. No injuries were reported, he said.

"It did not affect the operation of the airport at all," Payne said.

The leak was repaired by 6 p.m., he said. No injuries were reported.

Frederick County fire and rescue crews from Greenwood and Millwood Station responded with assistance from Clarke County's Boyce Volunteer Fire Company and Winchester's South End Fire Station.

Daily Staff Report