Berkshire Gas made the repair, but will remain on-scene to test the pipe under pressure.
This story has been updated from its original version.
AMHERST - A gas line rupture south of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst's Boyden Gym caused the evacuations of four buildings on campus.
A construction crew rebuilding a parking lot in the area ruptured a 2" pipe at around 8:30 a.m. UMass police, the Amherst fire department, UMass's Environmental Health and Safety, and Berkshire Gas responded "promptly," said UMass spokesperson Daniel Fitzgibbons.
Berkshire Gas made the repair, but will remain on-scene to test the pipe under pressure.
Three office buildings were also briefly evacuated. EHS tested the air in Berkshire, Hampshire and Middlesex houses and re-opened them, Fitzgibbon said.
Commonwealth Avenue south of Hicks Way had been closed, but is now reopen.
Fitzgibbon said he didn't know how many people were evacuated from the gym, but that it was "probably not a huge number" because the leak happened early in the morning.