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1 taken to hospital after propane leak at Broward elementary school

Google Street View image of Oriole Elementary School in Lauderdale Lakes. (Copyright 2024 Google)

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 ā€œin or nearā€ the schoolā€™s cafeteria.

He said the person taken to the hospital, for ā€œevaluation,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 ā€œprecaution,ā€ but resumed normal activities after ā€œa thorough inspectionā€ which led the school to be ā€œdeemed safe for students and staff to return to their classrooms.ā€


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