PHOTO GALLERY: Parts of Ninth Street evacuated after gas leak

Columbia firefighters patrol the scene and keep Ninth Street free of traffic after a gas leak Tuesday in downtown Columbia. The two-inch gas line was accidentally cut by construction workers and three valves needed to be shut off before the line could be patched.   |  Kayla Kauffman

Firefighter Jim Pasley directs pedestrians around the gas leak site near the intersection of Elm and Tenth streets.   |  Yi-Chin Lee

Chipotle workers sit outside the evacuated resturant Tuesday. Construction workers hit a gas line Tuesday afternoon in downtown Columbia. Chipotle, the construction site and apartments behind Chipotle all had to be evacuated until the leak could be fixed.   |  Kayla Kauffman