Dublin: Whole Foods evacuated due to possible gas leak

A Whole Foods in Dublin was evacuated Sunday morning due to a possible gas leak, officials said.

The Alameda County Fire Department received a report of a possible gas leak at the grocery store, which is located on the 5000 block of Dublin Boulevard, at 11:23 a.m, according to department spokesperson Cheryl Hurd. Fire crews arrived on site at 11:28 a.m. and detected a possible gas leak in one of the refrigerators and proceeded to evacuate the store. The hazmat team and health department officials were also on site.

Hurd said 15 employees were evacuated but it was unknown how many people were shopping in the store at the time. No injuries have been reported and the store was closed Sunday afternoon with no set reopening time.