Ronnie D'Aunoy said no dangers were detected at the site. "There's no hazardous readings," D'Aunoy said. "We're just evacuating the school as a precaution.

Ventura County first responders evacuated a Ventura neighborhood after hazmat teams detected a potentially dangerous methane leak under the community on Thursday.

Evacuation orders have been issued for all of Bayshore Avenue south of Coral Street and Seahorse Avenue west of Seaview Avenue due to an unknown gas and odor linked to a sewer pipeline near the Pierpont neighborhood in Ventura.

Ventura Police Department and the Ventura County Sheriff's Office issued a series of evacuation and shelter in place orders for parts of the Pierpont community shortly after noon Sept. 19,

Evacuations were ordered in a Ventura neighborhood Thursday due to potentially dangerous levels of methane gas, according to authorities.

A methane leak is forcing residential evacuations Thursday in a section of Ventura just blocks from an elementary school and the beach.