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Assistant Chief Mark Vendetto.
Update: Gas and water company crews are expected to finish repairing a broken high-pressure gas main and a broken water main that led to evacuations Wednesday on Canner Street by 11 p.m.
So reported Assistant Fire Chief Mark Vendetto.
Vendetto said at around 3 p.m. that until the job is complete, Canner will remain closed to traffic between Whitney Avenue and Orange Street. Portions of Livingston Street are also closed.
Firefighters located two houses on Canner where gas levels were high in the basement Wednesday morning, Vendetto said. Occupants of the home left for a few hours while the house was aired out
Little Hooker School was also closed. Students spent the day at the main Worthington Hooker School building on Whitney Avenue, according to school system Chief Operating Officer Will Clark. Two day care centers were also evacuated.
