School in west end evacuated due to gas leak

Posted April 8, 2010 9:46 am.

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TORONTO, Ont. – A public school in the city’s west end has been evacuated due to a gas leak, Thursday.

Police told 680News Wedgewood Junior School on Swan Avenue, near Martin Grove Road and Burnhamthorpe Road, has been emptied while fire crews ventilate the school.

The gas leak in the building has been contained and capped, and students are being kept on buses until the all-clear has been given.

Police said students and staff will then be allowed back in the school and classes will resume.

No injuries have been reported.

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