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Gas Odor Sends Fire Department To Nantucket School
Firefighters are investigating the area near Nantucket Intermediate School after receiving reports of a heavy gas smell.
NANTUCKET, MA — Reports of a gas smell near a Nantucket school has caused an emergency response from the island's fire department Monday morning.
The smell was first reported just after 8 a.m., sending firefighters to Nantucket Intermediate School, according to the Nantucket Mirror.
The Fire Department is also investigating the gas smell around the area of Surfside Road, and Tashama Lane, where a thick smell of gas was reported by the Mirror.
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This comes after a powerful winter storm sent massive flooding, strong winds and heavy snow to the Cape, Islands, and the majority of Massachusetts over the weekend.
Thousands were left without power, some of whom just got their power turned back on Sunday.
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Patch reached out to the Nantucket Fire Department and will have more information when it becomes available.
No additional information was immediately available.
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