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High school evacuated

UPDATE 2:30 P.M.

West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund says heat, not fire, forced the brief evacuation of Mount Boucherie Secondary School Friday morning.

Brolund says fire crews were called to the school after fire alarms rang out. Brolund say heat from a forge in the metal shop was enough to set off the alarm.

After approximately 15 minutes, student were allowed to return to the school.


Alarms sounded at Mount Boucherie Secondary School in West Kelowna, Friday morning.

Part of the school was evacuated at 9:50 a.m., and firefighters rushed to the scene with two fire engines. Twenty minutes later, students and staff returned to class.

A student at the school reports a small fire in the metalwork shop caused the emergency.



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