Students being sent home from school after cell phone explodes, fills hallway with smoke
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Editor’s note: A previous version of this story said no one was injured. That has been corrected.
ST. ANTHONY — Classes are canceled and students are being sent home from Henry’s Fork Elementary School after a cell phone caught fire Tuesday morning.
The incident happened in a classroom just before 11 a.m. The phone exploded and caused smoke and fumes to fill a hallway, according to St. Anthony Fire officials.
“We evacuated students to other locations. School will be dismissed and buses will run at 11:45 for HFE students only, so we can air out and clean the school,” a Facebook post from Fremont School District 215 says.
A girl sustained a minor burn on her leg, and no items besides the phone were burned.