KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Administrators evacuated Académie Lafayette after a construction crew struck a natural gas line about 10 a.m. Wednesday near East 69th and Oak streets in Kansas City, Missouri.
A gas dig team from Spire repaired the damaged line.
The school evacuation came after a strong odor of natural gas filled the building, according to a school spokesperson.
Students, teachers and staff went outside to the school's soccer field.
Firefighters used gas meters to check the school for elevated gas levels, but no elevated readings were found, according to a fire department spokesperson.
Students, teachers and staff were then cleared to go back inside the building.
A south wind blew the gas smell to the north and caused numerous calls to the fire department about the smell of natural gas.
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