SEATTLE — A fire burning underground forced evacuations in the 2700 block of East Cherry Street in Seattle's Central District Wednesday.
Seattle Fire confirmed it was a natural gas leak. Gas ignited and melted through asphalt.
More than 2,000 Seattle City Light customers were without power by 12:15 p.m. at the peak of the outage.
Puget Sound Energy responded and shut off natural gas. The area was declared safe shortly after 3 p.m.
One block in each direction of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and East Cherry Street was evacuated.
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