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Mount Vernon gas leak prompts evacuations

Four homes in Mount Vernon were evacuated after a gas leak Thursday night, fire and police authorities said.

The evacuated multifamily homes are near the intersection of Third and Rockledge avenues, a few hundred feet from Brush Park. Con Edison was on the scene at 7:15 p.m., helping firefighters locate the source of the gas leak, the Mount Vernon Fire Department said.

It wasn't immediately...

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