. >> 66th street is closed in both directions and paul muller is live on the scene. paul what can you see and what can you tell us. >> reporter: a lot happening out here on 126th avenue north. a gas leak as you mentioned happening around 3:00 this afternoon. as for evacuations, two strip malls one right over here and the one just down south here on 66th street. that means six to 12 businesses they've been evacuated for two hours right now. here's what happened officials are telling us a private contractor working with a and as a result, officials got here to secure the scene. largo, seminole trying to clamp that line. let's hear what officials have to say. >> the evacuations were just in case the gas were to find an ignition source and light off. we don't want anybody to get injured. >> i have my friend so i'm going to visit there. she came out and they told her there's a gas leak and they would not let anybody in. >> back live here right now, 66th street north, as you can see, there are no cars going through. we've seen a couple here or there. but we can tell you as

live in palmeto tonight, paul muller. >>> meantime more breaking news in manati county, the sheriff the on the scene of a propane tank explosion. no serious injuries. >>> day three of clean up under way now in sarasota and manati county and it's going to take some time for that area to heal. sarasota suffered $11 million of damage and work crews are now battling the clock as well. newschannel8's john rogers joins us live from siesta key tonight to explain, hi john. >> reporter: good evening stacy, even though it's going a lot of restoration crews. they're roaming through the building because there's still a lot of work to do. most of the roof is missing and it caused severe water damage and lots of damage throughout the entire building. earlier, we're expecting rain working quickly to prepare for that. careful with the railings. anything. >> reporter: despite the damage, mary goes back up to her apartment. >> this clock is frozen at the moment. >> at the moment it happened. i thought that was really cool. >> reporter: after the roof tore off, there's nothing here worth saved. >> none of