A car ran into the apartment building at 323 E. Jefferson St. at 12:03 a.m. Saturday.

“The car was going west on Jefferson Street, and (the driver) somehow lost control, went up on the sidewalk and hit the house there at 323,” said Bob Dougherty, Butler Fire Department lieutenant.

In the process, the car broke off a gas pipe coming out of the sidewalk that was the main line going into the two-story building.

The firefighters stuffed a rag down the hole of the gas pipe to stop the gas leak until crews from Peoples TWP arrived. Once they were on scene and snapped the pipe off, the firefighters stopped the leak with a wooden plug.

The driver of the car was not identified. There were no injuries.

The car had moderate damage and was towed. The front porch had no structural damage.

Butler Ambulance and the city police assisted.