Number of homes evacuated in Portadown as police and other emergency services attend gas leak

Police at the scene of security alert in Lenadoon. Pic: Pacemaker
The public are being asked to avoid the Bridge street area of Portadown as police attend a gas leak

A number of homes have been evacuated in Portadown as police attend a gas leak.

Emergency services, including the PSNI, are at the seen of the leak in the Bridge street area of the town.

A number of road closures have been put in place.

The public have been asked to avoid the area.

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