Power outage and electrical smell forces evacuation

TEC campus students outside for nearly 30 minutes

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30 minute evacuation

Pirateer Staff

Students wait for the all clear after a fire alarm forces evacuation.
Students wait for the all clear after a fire alarm forces evacuation.

A few computers stopped working, then the lights went out. That was around 12:50 on Wednesday, March 30th. The lights came back on just a few minutes later but then the fire alarms went off.

Students at TEC evacuated the building around 1:00 because of a power outage that caused the fire alarm to go off. Students huddled together as the temperature dropped. It began to snow just as the students and staff got word to return to the building around 1:25. All students are safe and power has been restored. The school day resumed as normal.