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Students Evacuated from Spring-Ford's Lewis Road Schools

Transformer problems caused fire alarms to go off late this afternoon.

Students at Spring-Ford Area High School were evacuated from the building late this afternoon after a fire alarm sounded.

The students were taken to the 8th Grade Center, according to a parent's post on Facebook. 

The alarm was originally thought to be caused by a generator fire, according to fire and police scanner reports, but the issue was discovered to be with a transformer at the back of the school. 

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The transformer had blown and was leaking oil, according to Linfield Battalion Chief Rick Dunn.

"We had this one go, and then another one there [the 7th Grade Center] and then a couple more," Dunn said. "It was like there was an electrical bug jumping around."

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The problem affected transformers surrounding all four schools in that area of Lewis Road. 

As of 5:15pm, the situation at the high school was under control and students were being allowed back in a controlled manner to collect their belongings, Dunn said.  


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