A school in St. Paul, Alaska was forced to close for one day in February 2011 due to a fire in a nearby warehouse. The St. Paul School, which serves 74 PreK-12 students, was forced to shut its doors as a result of potential hazardous chemicals being released from a nearby blaze at a Trident Seafoods warehouse. According to an article on The Dutch Harbor Fisherman, the Superintendent of the Pribilof Islands School District, Jamie Spacks, stated that there were fumes seeping inside the school and a cloud of smoke hovering over the top of it on the day of the fire. After reopening, Spacks reported there were no further smoke problems at the school.
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Source: The Dutch Harbor Fisherman
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