A gas leak that lead to properties and a school near Hawke's Bay Hospital being evacuated has now been contained.
Emergency services were alerted at 10.10am to the smell of gas in McLeod St and Omahu Rd, near the hospital in Hastings.
A gas main ruptured in Orchard St, which includes the southern entrance to the hospital, but It's understood contractors have now capped it.
Police said Camberley School had been evacuated and people were being directed to Heretaunga Intermediate, via the entrance of Camberley Kindergarten.
Residents of some properties in Orchard Rd and Kiwi St were also told to leave.