Gas leak prompts brief evacuation from North Las Vegas middle school
A Southwest Gas truck is parked outside of Swainston Middle School after students and staff were evacuated from the building after a reported gas leak Friday morning, Aug. 17, 2018, in North Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
A Southwest Gas truck is parked outside of Swainston Middle School after students and staff were evacuated from the building after a reported gas leak Friday morning, Aug. 17, 2018, in North Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Students and staff at Swainston Middle School in North Las Vegas were evacuated from the building after a reported gas leak Friday morning, Aug. 17, 2018. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Students and staff at Swainston Middle School in North Las Vegas were evacuated from the building after a reported gas leak Friday morning, Aug. 17, 2018. (Special to Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A gas leak briefly forced the evacuation of Swainston Middle School in North Las Vegas on Friday morning.
The school, located at 3500 W. Gilmore Ave., was evacuated after reports of a gas leak from the cafeteria area, said Clark County School District Police Department Lt. Roberto Morales.
The natural gas leaked from a stove in the school’s kitchen after its pilot light went out, Morales said.
Students were back in class around 8:30 a.m, and no injuries were reported.
“The fire department was just standing by to make sure there was no gas pockets,” he said.
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