Posted: 03/22/2011
HANOVER, Md. - The Anne Arundel County Fire Department is on the scene of a big propane leak next to Arundel Mills.
According to Anne Arundel County Fire Department spokesman Captain James Rostek, the accident happened at the construction site for a Long Horn Steakhouse restaurant on Arundel Mills Boulevard.
The propane tank was on a machine being moved when it fell off and a leak started.
Anyone within a half-mile radius of the accident was evacuated.
The evacuation does not include the mall itself or any homes at this time.
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