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Faulty exhaust fan blamed for gas smell at high school

Faulty exhaust fan blamed for gas smell at high school
TRACY FIREMEN, INCLUDING CHIEF DALE JOHNSON III (left) and Mike Erbes look over gas lines in the basement of the high school Wednesday, along with a pair of Minnesota Energy workers. Photo / Per Peterson

Students evacuated to VMC, then dismissed early

Last Wednesday’s school day was cut short, but it had nothing to do with the weather.

Classes at each school in Tracy let out at 11:30 a.m. because of a malfunctioning exhaust hood in the kitchen area at the high school. The Tracy Fire Department and Minnesota Energy responded to the scene to investigate where what was assumed to be a leak was coming from.

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