6 college students hospitalized after fuel leak prompts close by elementary college to evacuate in east Houston, HFD says

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A minimum of six college students from McReynolds Elementary College had been hospitalized with heat-related sickness after Houston fireplace officers mentioned the college evacuated attributable to a close-by fuel leak in east Houston.

In keeping with the Houston Hearth Division, crews had been referred to as at about 10:30 a.m. to a fuel leak within the 5900 block of Market Road.

SkyEye was over the scene, and the video reveals upkeep crews engaged on the location.

HFD mentioned they estimate the children who had been evacuated had been exterior for extra an hour. Six college students had been taken to Texas Kids’s Hospital with heat-related sickness.

Houston ISD additionally despatched the next assertion concerning the college being evacuated:

The protection of our college students and employees stays our highest precedence. This morning, college students and employees at McReynolds Center College had been evacuated as a precaution attributable to a suspected fuel leak. The Houston Hearth Division promptly investigated and confirmed that the constructing was secure to re-enter. Our campus was evacuated for roughly 1.5 hours. Instruction has resumed for the day, and all college students will probably be offered lunch.