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Power Restored At Kean University Wednesday
Breaking: 15 students were evacuated from a school elevator by Union Township Fire Department after being trapped briefly.
UNION, NJ — Power has been restored to the Kean University campus in Union Wednesday morning. All classes and activities will resume as scheduled on Wednesday, the university announced.
A power outage was reported Tuesday around 9:30 a.m. after a transformer blew causing students to be trapped in an elevator for a short time and classes to be cancelled Tuesday.
A total of 15 students were stuck in an elevator for a short time as a result of the outage and were evacuated by Union Township Fire Department, Kean spokeswoman Margaret McCorry told Patch.
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Residence halls were operating on generator power during the outage and the residence hall dining hall remained open.
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