PASADENA >> Officials evacuated several homes after construction equipment ruptured a natural gas main Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
A backhoe working a the construction site of several townhomes at Altadena Drive and Mohawk Street struck the gas line shortly before 2:50 p.m., according to Pasadena Fire Department officials.
Officials evacuated about half-a-dozen nearby residents as a precaution and summoned utility workers to the scene, Pasadena fire spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said.
Officials shut down Altadena Drive between Colorado Boulevard for about three hours until repairs were made, Derderian.