Gas-leak alert
A number of houses were evacuated in Co Meath tonight after a tanker leaked gas.
Three fire brigades and gardaí have cordoned off the scene around the damaged gas truck at Station Road in Gormanstown.
A Garda spokesman said: “Some of the nearby houses have been evacuated. The immediate area has been sealed off.”
Emergency services were called to the scene shortly before 6pm as a precaution.
Gardaí said there were traffic diversions in place.
