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Gas leak closes A449 near Stafford

A gas leak at a building site next to the busy A449 closed the road between Penkridge and Stafford for around two hours this afternoon.

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The incident, an individual single service gas leak on the site, closed School Road and the A449 in Dunston but the incident was cleared just in time for rush hour.

The road, between Junction 13 of the M6 and Penkridge, was closed from around 1.30pm but National Grid spokeswoman Jane Taylor confirmed the road had re-opened at around 3.30pm after maintenance repair.

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