LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. ā Medics took one person to the hospital after a propane leak at a Broward County elementary school Monday morning.
The leak happened at Oriole Elementary School, located at 3081 NW 39th St. in Lauderdale Lakes.
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Battalion Chief Michael Kane, a Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue spokesperson, said the leak was āin or nearā the schoolās cafeteria.
He said the person taken to the hospital, for āevaluation,ā was a school employee.
No one else was injured or sickened. Units were clearing the scene at around 9:30 a.m., he said.
A Broward County Public Schools spokesperson said staff evacuated the school briefly as a āprecaution,ā but resumed normal activities after āa thorough inspectionā which led the school to be ādeemed safe for students and staff to return to their classrooms.ā