PORT ALLEGANY – A chlorine gas leak that shut down portions of Port Allegany and forced the evacuation of 50 to 100 people has been contained around 10 a.m. Monday, McKean County Emergency Services Director Andrew Johnson reported.
The incident, which started around 8 a.m., involved a faulty valve on the borough’s well on Pearl Street in the borough, Johnson said. He said that people were evacuated from Pearl Street and Main Street from Church Street to Arnold Avenue north.
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