While planting a tree early this morning, MSU Grounds Maintenance hit a gas line in front of the Duffy Daugherty Football Building, said Gary Parrott, the department's manager.

The line, which Parrott said was mismarked as a zone safe to dig, was hit either by a back hoe or a spade.

MSU department of police and public safety, East Lansing fire department and Consumers Energy were all on the scene, diverting traffic, stopping people from entering the building and fixing the pipeline.

While people were not allowed to enter the building after the gas line was hit, the Daugherty building was never evacuated, said MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor.

"They haven't evacuated so I would think no gas has gone into the building," Taylor said. "They wouldn't endanger lives."

Consumers Energy spokesman Terry Dedoes said his crew responded at about 7:45 a.m. and the pipe was repaired by about 10:30 a.m. Dedoes said the pipe was sliced in half and the crew replaced two and a half feet of it.

He said the gas service was only feeding the Daugherty building and did not affect any other campus buildings.