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Update: Speonk Road Reopens Following Gas Leak

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Southampton Town Police and Eastport Fire Police divert traffic away from Speonk Riverhead Road near the Old Country Road intersection because of a gas leak on Thursday afternoon. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Police and Eastport Fire Police divert traffic away from Speonk Riverhead Road near the Old Country Road intersection because of a gas leak on Thursday afternoon. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Police and Eastport Fire Police divert traffic away from Speonk Riverhead Road near the Old Country Road intersection because of a gas leak on Thursday afternoon. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Police and Eastport Fire Police divert traffic away from Speonk Riverhead Road near the Old Country Road intersection because of a gas leak on Thursday afternoon. KYLE CAMPBELL

A 100 gallon propane leak at a business on Speonk Riverhead Road closed the road Thursday afternoon. KYLE CAMPBELL

A 100 gallon propane leak at a business on Speonk Riverhead Road closed the road Thursday afternoon. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Police and Eastport Fire Police divert traffic away from Speonk Riverhead Road near the Old Country Road intersection because of a gas leak on Thursday afternoon. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Police and Eastport Fire Police divert traffic away from Speonk Riverhead Road near the Old Country Road intersection because of a gas leak on Thursday afternoon. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Police and Eastport Fire Police divert traffic away from Speonk Riverhead Road near the Old Country Road intersection because of a gas leak on Thursday afternoon. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Police and Eastport Fire Police divert traffic away from Speonk Riverhead Road near the Old Country Road intersection because of a gas leak on Thursday afternoon. KYLE CAMPBELL

A Southampton Town Police car blocks Speonk Riverhead Road while police and fire officials tend to a propane leak at one of the busin

A Southampton Town Police car blocks Speonk Riverhead Road while police and fire officials tend to a propane leak at one of the busin

authorKyle Campbell on Jan 8, 2015
UPDATE: Friday, 10:40 a.m. Traffic on Speonk-Riverhead Road was reopened at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, though fire officials remained on the scene until 7:30 a.m. Friday to oversee the burning off... more

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