NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A gas leak from an abandoned oil well in the middle of a Newport Beach neighborhood has forced the city to declare a local emergency and has put the homes in the center of it all at risk of being torn down.

Emergency construction workers will continue working around the clock for the next nine days to repair the significant oil leak coming from the so-called "orphan" oil well.

REALTED: Crews begin 24/7 emergency repair work on abandoned oil well in Newport Beach after gas leak

The abandoned, private oil well dates back to the 1920's and is about 800 feet underneath a family's home.

Back in October, the homeowners discovered thick oil coming from the well seeping into their house, prompting mandatory evacuations that have since been lifted.

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