Farmingdale High School evacuated over odor from machine in shop, officials say
Students and staff were briefly evacuated from Farmingdale High School on Monday morning after a 911 caller reported an odor of gas inside the building, Nassau County fire officials said.
The odor was later determined to be fumes from a machine being used in a shop class, school officials said.
County fire officials said the 911 call was received about 10:30 a.m. and said firefighters from Farmingdale and South Farmingdale responded to the scene.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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