Crime & Safety

Lawrence School Evacuated After Students Smell Gas

Students were cleared to return to class a short time later.

LAWRENCE, MA -- Fire officials in Lawrence cleared students to return to class at the Forst Elementary School Wednesday morning after the smell of gas was detected. The school is in south Lawrence, the section of the city that was hard hit by the Sept. 13 gas explosions that damaged or destoryed 131 buildings in Andover, Lawrence and North Andover and killed an 18-year-old Lawrence man.

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