Report of Gas Smell at Newark Building Prompts Evacuations

Hundreds of people are being forced outside over reports of a gas smell at a high-rise building in New Jersey's largest city, authorities say.

Fire officials said evacuations were underway after the gas smell was reported at a building on Park Place in Newark shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday. 

Utility PSE&G found no active leak, fire officials said, but the evacuations were ordered as a precaution.  

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