The South Market area is back up with traffic, and pedestrians are standing along Folsom and 11th street. At least 100 people were forced to leave the area, including neighborhood residents, business owners, and customers.
Carlann Lauria, manager of Crocker's Lockers said her customers were "pretty irate." Crocker's Lockers is a self-storage company on Folsom street, the employees kept busy by staying outside police perimeters and collecting payment from customers.
Another local store manager, Samantha Feldman of Wa-Ha-Ka restaurant, said her employees and patrons were forced to evacuate, which led to her business losing $500 dollars because of the shutdown.
Pacific Gas and Electric reported that gas service was returned at 5:09pm.
2 comments:
Ask yourself what makes this story news. It's not that a gas pipe was severed...it's that the severed gas pipe caused police to shut down and evacuate a four-block area, snarling traffic and closing local businesses. That's what needs to be in your lead.
Watch the tense: your lead is (correctly) in past tense, but P2 starts out in present tense, then switches back to past tense. Confusing.
Last 3 paragraphs work.
8-1(late)=7/10
thanks for the advice!
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