A cracked gas line prompted the evacuation of several businesses Thursday in Wildomar while crews worked to mitigate the leak.
The rupture was reported at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the 24000 block of Prielipp Road, near Inland Valley Drive, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The agency said that multiple engine crews were sent to the location and encountered a compromised gas main, though the circumstances behind the leak were not immediately known.
A total of 24 units within a business complex were impacted. However, not all of the units were evacuated. The occupants of some were told to shelter-in-place, officials said.
SoCal Gas Co. technicians were summoned, and by 3:30 p.m., they were working to mitigate the leak.