Gas leak prompts brief evacuation from North Las Vegas middle school

A Southwest Gas truck is parked outside of Swainston Middle School after students and staff were evacuated from the building after a reported gas leak Friday morning, Aug. 17, 2018, in North Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

A Southwest Gas truck is parked outside of Swainston Middle School after students and staff were evacuated from the building after a reported gas leak Friday morning, Aug. 17, 2018, in North Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Students and staff at Swainston Middle School in North Las Vegas were evacuated from the building after a reported gas leak Friday morning, Aug. 17, 2018. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Students and staff at Swainston Middle School in North Las Vegas were evacuated from the building after a reported gas leak Friday morning, Aug. 17, 2018. (Special to Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A gas leak briefly forced the evacuation of Swainston Middle School in North Las Vegas on Friday morning.

The school, located at 3500 W. Gilmore Ave., was evacuated after reports of a gas leak from the cafeteria area, said Clark County School District Police Department Lt. Roberto Morales.

The natural gas leaked from a stove in the school’s kitchen after its pilot light went out, Morales said.

Students were back in class around 8:30 a.m, and no injuries were reported.

“The fire department was just standing by to make sure there was no gas pockets,” he said.

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