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Gas odor prompts Columbia elementary school evacuation

Buses line up outside Derby Ridge Elementary on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022.
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Buses line up outside Derby Ridge Elementary on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022.
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October 25, 2022 11:47 AM
Published 9:33 AM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A north Columbia elementary school was briefly evacuated Tuesday morning because of a gas smell that turned out to be a false alarm.

Columbia Public Schools officials issued an alert for families shortly after 9 a.m. saying the school was being evacuated and students were being bused to other schools.

CPS spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark said the district's protocol is to evacuate a building in the case of a possible gas leak while emergency officials investigate. The students are being bused because of the rainy weather.

The school got the all-clear and students began returning to class before 10 a.m. Ameren Missouri later said the source of the smell was a basement sewer drain.

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