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Refugio County Courthouse evacuated Tuesday after gas leak detected in basement

The incident comes as officials received $16M in state funding to make repairs to the building which was damaged during Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Refugio County Courthouse was evacuated after a gas leak was detected in the historic building's basement Tuesday morning.

Sheriff Raul "Pinky" Gonzales said fire department crews are on-scene.

The leak comes right as county officials received $16 million in state funding to repair the building, which was damaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and never repaired.

This is a developing story. 3NEWS will provide updates as they become available.

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