Equipment owned by the Laurelton Fire Company in Brick. (Photo: Laurelton Fire Company)
A small fire that forced the evacuation of Emma Havens Young Elementary School Thursday morning has been traced to a conduit unit linked to the school solar power system.
School staff called 911 at 9:07 a.m., said Richard Orlando, deputy fire marshal for the township.
“We found a small fire that was burning, but it was not the building,” he said. “It was the conduit to the solar system.”
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Once the conduit was disconnected, the fire stopped burning, however there was a smoke condition in the electrical room of the school and the entire building was evacuated out of an abundance of caution.
Orlando said crews, including JCP&L, have mainly left the scene and the building should be cleared for students to return Friday.
All of the township’s fire companies responded to the incident, Orlando said.
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