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Shops evacuated after potential gas leak reports

Kirsten RobertsonWiltshire
News imageBradford-on-Avon Town Council A man wearing a white sun hat walking away from the camera on a narrow pavement beside a bridge with a red car. In the opposite lane, a queue of traffic of cars, a motorbike with a rider wearing high vis and a white van. The bridge has festoon lights and traditional stone buildings surrounding it.Bradford-on-Avon Town Council
Town Bridge, which forms part of the main route through town, was among the roads closed

Shops were evacuated and multiple roads were closed earlier after an electrical fault.

Police and fire teams were called to Silver Street in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, at 11:02 BST to reports of a suspected gas leak.

People were urged to avoid the area as Town Bridge, Market Street, Silver Street and St Margaret's Street were cordoned off.

A Wiltshire Police spokesperson said: "It is believed the incident was caused by an electrical fault, and the area was made safe. All road closures were lifted at around 14:00 BST."

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Earlier, a Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We were called to Silver Street, Bradford on Avon to reports of a potential gas leak."

They said two crews from Trowbridge and Melksham attended alongside a gas engineer to resolve the issue.

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