Thirty People Evacuated from their Homes
An alert was caused early this morning when a car crashed into a gas main in a small village in East Sussex. Police and fire teams rushed to the incident and evacuated people from adjacent homes.
30 people were evacuated from their homes in the East Sussex village of Maynards Green near Horam have now been allowed home after
Spending several hours in a primary school in Horam after a car crashed into a gas main in Maynards Green, to the south of Heathfield.
The crash happened at 4:30am. Roads have now been opened and the area declared safe.
The woman driving the car suffered minor cuts and bruises but did n0t need hospital treatment.
Rye’s Own Bulletin 19 December 2015