A COLLEGE campus and shops have been evacuated due to a gas leak which has affected an entire town.
New College Lanarkshire has closed its Cumbernauld college campus due to a gas leak identified on Monday morning.
The building was evacuated due to the incident, and the college confirmed that they would be closed for the rest of the day.
A statement reads: "Please note that our Cumbernauld Campus will be closed for the remainder of the day due to a gas leak being identified.
"All classes have been cancelled for the day and an update regarding arrangements for tomorrow will be issued later this afternoon.
"We apologise for any inconvenience caused."
The JobCentre, Farmfoods and Royal Mail sorting office on Muirhead Road were also evacuated.
Concerned Cumbernauld residents took to social media to report that they could smell gas "all over" the town.
One wrote: "It's bad, my house is stinking of it, had to shut all my windows."
Another said: "Seems to be all over Cumbernauld. I'm South Carbrain and can smell it."
An SGN spokesperson said: "We’ve received a number of calls regarding a smell in the air, initially in the Cumbernauld area this morning, and subsequently in the Bishopbriggs and Kirkintilloch areas. We believe we have located the source of the smell and are working with the third party to resolve the issue on their site.
"There’s nothing so far to suggest the smell came from our gas network. We don’t believe there is a safety risk as there have been no recorded gas readings. We will continue to visit all jobs, but due to the extremely high volume of reports this may take longer than usual.
"However, we would always recommend that anyone who can smell gas should call the National Gas Emergency number on 0800 111 999."
