400 Students Evacuated From N.H. School

    Sept. 18, 2010
    HENNIKER, N.H. -- Four hundred students were forced to evacuate Henniker Community School on Friday morning after reports of smoke and smell of an "electrical odor." The students walked to the ice arena at New England College as firefighters checked the building at about 10:20 a.m. They were cleared to go back to school at 11:30 a.m. The school sent out recorded messages to parents, alerting them of the situation. Parents were asked not to go to the school.

    HENNIKER, N.H. --

    Four hundred students were forced to evacuate Henniker Community School on Friday morning after reports of smoke and smell of an "electrical odor."

    The students walked to the ice arena at New England College as firefighters checked the building at about 10:20 a.m. They were cleared to go back to school at 11:30 a.m.

    The school sent out recorded messages to parents, alerting them of the situation.

    Parents were asked not to go to the school.

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