Authorities have ordered a mandatory evacuation for the Washington and Lewelling areas due to a gas leak, San Leandro police said

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. - Residents were allowed back home nearly five hours after a mandatory evacuation order due to a six-inch gas pipe that erupted in San Leandro early Sunday morning. More than 12,500 residents in a neighborhood just west of the I-880 and I-238 split.

Authorities ordered a mandatory evacuation for the Washington and Lewelling areas due to a gas leak, San Leandro police said.

Authorities have ordered a mandatory evacuation for the Washington and Lewelling areas of San Leandro due to a gas leak, police said.

Authorities have ordered a mandatory evacuation for the Washington and Lewelling areas due to a gas leak, San Leandro police said. It was sent out Sunday at around 6:36 a.m. The