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Brief Brick Memorial Evacuation Prompted By Faulty Sensor

Firefighters and police answered an alarm that was the result of a sensor that had gone bad, officials said.

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Brick Memorial High School was evacuated briefly on Monday after a faulty sensor triggered an alarm, authorities said.
Brick Memorial High School was evacuated briefly on Monday after a faulty sensor triggered an alarm, authorities said. (Google Maps)

BRICK, NJ — A faulty sensor set off an alarm and prompted a brief evacuation at Brick Memorial High School on Monday morning, authorities said.

Brick Township police received an emergency alert from the school on Lanes Mill Road at 10:35 a.m., Brick Sgt. Jim Kelly said.

Responding firefighters and police searched the building and found there was no smoke or other safety issue, and it was determined that the alarm was the result of a faulty sensor in a detector, district officials said.

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Students returned to the building by 11 a.m., officials said.

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