Residents of a high-rise apartment block were evacuated after a digger struck a gas main in downtown Auckland this morning.
A section of Queen St was closed with cordons erected between Mayoral Dr and Karangahape Rd while police undertook a full building evacuation of those living in the Kiwi On Queen apartments, near the site of the leak.
![The Kiwi on Queen apartment building has been evacuated after a digger ruptured a nearby gas pipe. Photo / Supplied](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/LMHJIV6YMLXP5TPGCVCFXKRFQI.jpg?auth=d2c31eb3b2b241d2bafef27e6d327df0f64fb464e631ad157b0bec87aca0ac8f&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
![Queen St is cordoned off. Photo / Dean Purcell](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/UFRNVAQ4JNDT5A7CEA6LG2SOOI.jpg?auth=18befa1cd57dfe33fa55a0528dedf61ff41d7a81b5baf831c31d93b351dbd3d4&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
Emergency services including fire and ambulance were also at the scene.