Residents return home after gas leak at flats
The flats were evacuated as a precaution, and the property was ventilated
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Residents have been able to return to their homes in Brighton after a gas leak at a block of flats was contained.
At 10.11 BST on Thursday, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service (ESFRS) were called to Ashton Rise amid reports of a gas leak.
One person was handed into the care of the ambulance service, ESFRS said.
Dan Brown, a spokesperson for Southern Gas Networks which also attended the incident, said: "We gained access to this property and found a gas hob had been left on unlit.
"As a result, the flats were evacuated as a precaution, and the property was ventilated. Once it was safe to do so, evacuated residents were allowed to reoccupy their homes."
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