Jackson Center EVACUATION ORDER LIFTED, POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED AS OF 9:45 P.M.

From the Village of Jackson Center:
6-12-26

Update.. Power has been restored!! All houses have been tested and have been cleared!

If you have been evacuated you are safe to return to your homes.

If you still feel unsafe or smell gas please call Centerpoint 1-800-227-1376.

We appreciate everyone’s patience as we handled through this event to make sure our residents were safe.

Centerpoint crews will be working through the night to fix the broken pipe and 274 will be open.

The incident happened when a gas line was hit in the area of the 200 block of W. Pike Street around 2 p.m.

A third-party contractor was doing fiber upgrades when they hit a six-inch high-pressure gas line.