PEEKSKILL – A chlorine spill from a pool truck outside the Peekskill Middle School by Ringgold Street Friday morning resulted in the evacuation of the school.
Superintendent Larry Licopoli said fire officials advised school personnel to evacuate the students to Peekskill High School. All students and staff walked to the high school gymnasium.
A handful of students were reported to have been taken to the hospital for observation as a result of chlorine inhalation and then brought to the high school.
The Middle School was closed at 11:45 a.m. and students and staff were allowed back in after 3 p.m. to pick up their personal belongings.
The cleanup took several hours.
