Gas leak closes road in Peterborough

By The Newsroom

Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT

A road in Peterborough has been closed due to a gas leak.

Police were called to Flaxley Road in Fletton at 12.50pm today (Wednesday) by the National Grid

Major Gas Leak Incident at the entrance to Amazon Fullfilment Centre
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Grange Road, Peterborough
18/10/2017.
Picture by Terry Harris / Peterborough Telegraph. THA — Major Gas Leak Incident at the entrance to Amazon Fullfilment Centre , Grange Road, Peterborough 18/10/2017. Picture by Terry Harris / Peterborough Telegraph. THA

placeholder image — Major Gas Leak Incident at the entrance to Amazon Fullfilment Centre , Grange Road, Peterborough 18/10/2017. Picture by Terry Harris / Peterborough Telegraph. THA

A Cambridgeshire police spokesman said the road had been closed to allow works to take place.

The road closure comes on the same day Norwood Primary School in Gunthorpe Road was also shut because of a gas leak.

Peterborough Police Cambridgeshire National Grid Fletton