Crime & Safety
Gas Odor Temporarily Clears Middle School
Havre de Grace Middle School was temporarily evacuated Friday afternoon.

was temporarily evacuated for a gas smell Friday afternoon.
The responded to the school, located in the 400 block of Lewis Lane, around 2:15 p.m. on Friday for the report of a gas odor in a storage room, according to Teri Kranefeld, manager of communications for Harford County Public Schools.
Kranefeld said the odor originated from a gas line to a small gas water heater in the room. The gas line to the heater was turned off before the building was determined safe for students to return to their classrooms.
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