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Pelion High Evacuated, Everyone Safe
A training grenade found on campus prompted the school's evacuation for an hour.
Update: Major John Allard of the Lexington County Sheriff's Department said the hand grenade found by a teacher in a science lab at Pelion High School appears to have been in the lab for some period of time.
Deputies removed the grenade from school grounds and are continuing to investigate whether the grenade was a “live” grenade that could be detonated.
Deputies and school administrators also are investigating why the grenade was in the lab.
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Original story: A statement from Lexington School District 1 spokeswoman Mary Beth Hill:
Today, December 14, 2102, a teacher located, what has now been determined by law enforcement to be a training grenade, in a military box on campus.
Administrators followed procedure, evacuated the room and called emergency officials.
Emergency officials asked administrators to evacuate the school immediately. They did so using a fire drill.
Pelion High School students were outside for about an hour. They have now returned back into the building.
Emergency responders said there was never any danger to students or staff.
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