Update 11 a.m.
Manhattan Fire Department officials have determined the source of a gasoline-type odor in Amanda Arnold Elementary School to have come from a snowblower.
The building is currently airing out and students will be brought back to campus once the smell has dissipated.
Original story
Students at Amanda Arnold Elementary School have been evacuated due to a gasoline-type odor in the building, according to Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Director of Communications and School Safety Michele Jones.
Manhattan Fire Department crews are on scene investigating. Students and staff were walked to Pottorf Hall to get them out of the cold weather. They’ll be allowed to return once they get the all-clear to re-occupy the building. All students and staff are safe.
Parents are not being asked to pick up students at this time. KMAN will update as more information becomes available.
