A natural gas leak shut down part of north Main Street in Gainesville Friday night.

The incident happened shortly after 9 p.m., when someone snapped off the natural gas meter from a Sonic restaurant that is out of business. It isn't yet known how that happened.

Police closed Main Street, between 16th and 23rd avenues, for 20 minutes while a crew from GRU repaired the leak.

GRU Spokesperson Dan Jesse says natural gas leaked no more than a half hour before repairs were made, and no customers lost service as a result.