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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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