Cordons have been lifted after a gas leak caused by a car crash in Napier this morning.
Emergency services blocked off the area between Munroe St, Sale St, Edwardes St and Marine Parade after a car hit a gas pipe at Briscoes, Hastings St, at about 11.20am.
As a result Briscoes and some nearby hotels along Hastings St were evacuated as a precaution and members of the public were asked to avoid the area.
Napier Fire Brigade senior station officer Jamie Nichol said two Napier appliances were sent to the accident which caused a leak at a gas metre to a house.
When fire crews arrived the driver, and sole occupant of the vehicle, was being treated by passersby before an ambulance arrived, he said.