Gas Leak Reported Near Menifee Elementary School

MENIFEE, CA — Emergency officials responded to a gas leak Wednesday morning at the Southshore Elementary School in Menifee, according to a Cal Fire spokesperson. At 7 a.m., Cal Fire emergency responders arrived where the leak originated at a construction site.

Roughly a half-hour later, Southern California Gas Co. officials arrived at the scene to fix the issue, a spokesperson told Patch.

"A third-party contractor damaged a small one-inch line that feeds Southshore Elementary School," SoCal Gas spokesperson Ahmad Solomon said. "The incident began before school started, and it was not known how many people, if any, were evacuated during the incident."

Cal Fire said there were no injuries and no students at the school during the incident.

A spokesperson for the Menifee Union School District told Patch that the school was closed for the day during the gas leak repair.

The all-clear was given just after 3 p.m. and the district notified all parents that students could return to campus Thursday morning as usual.