Nashville, Tennessee Fire Department lifts evacuation order at Antioch apartments, homes impacted by methane gas leak

An apartment building and six townhomes in the community were evacuated early Saturday morning after carbon monoxide alarms in the apartment building detected high levels. Thursday, the developer worked to dig a ventilation trench in the construction site to release the gas safely.

Responding fire crews also found dangerous levels of methane gas in the building and some nearby townhomes.