Gas Line Break
A high pressure gas pipe ruptured forcing about 100 people to leave the South Market area near Folsom and 11th Streets in San Francisco yesterday. PG&E workers stated that the construction crew was trying to repair sewer lines when they severed a two-inch underground gas pipe with a backhoe a little before 12:30pm yesterday.
Traffic was at a complete standstill. Many people were very angry because they were forced to leave the area, like Samantha Feldman of Wa-Ha-Ka restaurant. She says her employees and patrons were forced to leave. The restaurant's at the corner where the construction crew had been working. Feldman said the restaurant lost about $500 worth of business in the shutdown. Carlann Lauria, a manager of Crocker's Lockers said, "Ask my customers. They were pretty irate." Crocker's Lockers is a self-storage company on Folsom near 10th Street. The employees however did keep busy, as they went outside the police perimeter to collect payment checks from their customers. PG&E did do their best and were able to get the gas turned on by 5:09pm yesterday evening.
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Lead is too long. Make your second sentence your second paragraph.
Lead: A high pressure gas pipe ruptured in the South of Market area yesterday afternoon, bringing traffic to a standstill near Folsom and 11th Streets and forcing the evacuation of about 100 people.
Then tell me about the construction crew, etc.
Make each quote its own separate paragraph.
Overall, tighten it up.
AP style: 5:09 p.m. (also, with p.m., "evening" is redundant)
"PG&E did do their best...." That's an opinion, not news. Stick to the facts.
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