People were evacuated from their homes after a gas leak caused by a car crash.

Fire crews were called to Lowestoft Road in Worlingham near Beccles at around 5.30pm on Sunday.

They had received reports that a car had collided with part of the village's gas mains network, creating a leak.

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The surrounding homes were immediately evacuated as fire crews and Cadent Gas were called to fix it.

Eyewitnesses confirmed that the road was still closed and awaiting repairs this morning.

Cadent Gas Network Cadent Gas Network (Image: Cadent)

A spokesman for Cadent said:  “Our engineers were called to a gas escape, following a collision between a vehicle and one of our regulators.

“Our team arrived very quickly and successfully isolated the gas supply so that repair work could take place.

"With this incident we received an increase number of calls reporting the smell of gas and we would like to reassure residents that our colleagues will investigate each report that we receive to ensure that there are no other leaks.

"Our concern with incidents like this is that there may be isolated and/or unrelated gas leaks in the area as well."

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The incident was declared under control by the fire services at around 10.15pm last night.

The company has advised that anyone who smells gas should ring the 24/7 gas emergency service on 0800 111 999.

No injuries have been reported from the incident.