LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. – 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 “in or near” the school’s cafeteria.
He said the person taken to the hospital, for “evaluation,” 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 “precaution,” but resumed normal activities after “a thorough inspection” which led the school to be “deemed safe for students and staff to return to their classrooms.”