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Pinellas digestBy Times staff reports© St. Petersburg Times published May 10, 2002 Reward offered for tips in auto arsonEAST LAKE -- The state Fire Marshal's Office is offering a $2,500 reward for information about a car arson in East Lake Woodlands late Wednesday afternoon. A 1995 Honda Accord owned by 50-year-old Richard Briggs of Melbourne was destroyed about 5:15 p.m. Wednesday in a parking lot at 111 East Cypress Court. Anyone with information was asked to call Randy St. Clair with the state Fire Marshal's Office at (813) 871-7210. Gas leak chases people out of U.S. 19 businessesPALM HARBOR -- About 75 people were evacuated from businesses along U.S. 19 after a contractor digging next to the road struck a 3-inch natural gas line at about 6 p.m. Thursday. Explosive levels of the gas developed within 150 feet of the leak, which was near the Sweet Tomatoes restaurant, 31151 U.S. 19, said Palm Harbor Fire Rescue spokeswoman Kristy Patterson. Sweet Tomatoes, some offices and a strip center immediately to the south were evacuated for more than an hour. Firefighters closed a northbound lane on U.S. 19 while Clearwater Gas System employees worked on the leak. No one was hurt by the leak, which was discovered by a Palm Harbor fire crew that happened to be passing by. The contractor had called Clearwater Gas but not 911 when the line was struck, said Palm Harbor firefighter Robert McNaull.
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