Students, Staff Hospitalized After Gas Leak Near Collin County Elementary School

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Fire and EMS crews were called to a gas leak at a construction site on an elementary school property in Lavon Wednesday afternoon.

Some students and staff members at a Collin County elementary school were hospitalized as a precaution following a nearby natural gas leak Wednesday afternoon, authorities say.

The gas leak occurred at an area under construction outside the main campus building of Phyliss NeSmith Elementary School in Lavon, where a gas line was being added to a tornado shelter and classrooms being built, a Community ISD spokesman told NBC 5.

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The gas leak was contained within about 15 minutes and tests from both the Lavon Fire Department and Atmos found no gas detected inside the school's building, a city spokeswoman said.

Some school staff members and students were hospitalized for evaluation, the spokeswoman said.

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No serious injuries were reported.

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