Homes were being evacuated Monday near the Dortches community in Nash County after a truck carrying natural gas crashed in the area.
>> LIVE THIS NOON, THANK YOU. >>> AUTHORITIES EVACUATED AROUND 40 HOMES IN NASH COUNTY AFTER A TANKER TRUCK WITH GAS FLIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE AND STARTED LEAKING. WHAT THE THREATS WAS PUSHING THE EVACUATIONS. >> Reporter: CREWS ARE STILL OUT HERE BY THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN NASH COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE FIRE TRUCKS ARE STILL ON THE SCENE PUMPING WATER TO THE SITE WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AS A PRECAUTION. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA TELL ME WHEN THEY WOKE UP THIS MORNING IT SOUNDED LIKE THUNDER HERE GO WHEN THEY WALKED OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR, THEY SAW THE ACCIDENT. I GUESS TRUCK RAN OFF OF THE ROAD, FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE AND STARTED LEAKING GAS. SEVERAL AGENCIES QUICKLY AS PEOPLE AROUND HERE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES FOR FEAR OF AN EXPLOSION THE GOOD NEWS IS, THE GAS, HE HAS SINCE BLOCKED OFF THE LEAK BEFORE ANYONE WAS HURT. >> IT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THE LEAK WE MAY HAVE TO EXPAND, ESPECIALLY THE WEATHER THE WAY IT IS AT THE WIND BLOWING, WE MAY HAVE TO EXPAND THE EVACUATION AREA EVEN FURTHER. BUT, DID NOT HAVE TO GET TO THAT POINT . >> Reporter: THE GOOD NEWS, SPOKESPERSON FOR THE NASH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS, NOBODY WAS SERIOUSLY HURT INCLUDING THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN HOME AS SOON AS THE SCENE IS
