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Grass fire closes school

Parents and guardians collecting their charges from the Lawrence T. Gay Memorial School. (Pictures by Sandy Pitt.) Principal Beverley Parris.

Tue, February 12, 2013 - 12:07 AM

The students of Lawrence T. Gay Memorial Primary School were sent home early yesterday after thick black smoke enveloped the Spooner’s Hill, St Michael school and surrounding areas.

The smoke came from a nearby grass fire.  

School principal Beverley Parris told the DAILY NATION that after 12 p.m., when lunch was taking place, the smoke blanketed the school. She said “it was extremely thick and very low as well”.

Parris commended teachers and non-teaching staff for their swift action in getting the students, particularly those who were vulnerable, away from the smoke and for urgently contacting parents. (AH)

Please read the full story in today’s DAILY NATION, or in the eNATION edition.

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