Nine people had to be evacuated after a gas leak in the northeast Thursday evening.

The leak happened in a home on Laguna Way just before 9.p.m.

Fire crews responded to the scene, where they evacuated the nine people from two homes.

The people have since returned to their homes and ATCO clamped the line.

No injuries have been reported; The gas leak was caused from a rupture in the line by crews excavating in the back of the home.