Stufetta goes into short circuit at Fanno di Conegliano: nine hundred students evacuated

The alarm was triggered after acrid smoke was emitted from the appliance. Half an hour in the courtyard for pupils, teachers and employees. Firefighters on site

CONEGLIANO. The short circuit and the beginning of a fire in a small heater set off the fire alarm yesterday morning at the Marco Fanno commercial technical institute. It was 7.50 am, at that time students and teachers were entering.

They were evacuated along with all administrative staff. A thousand then waited in the external square, as required by the procedures, and 115 was alerted. A team of firefighters soon arrived in via Filzi, from the nearby barracks in via Maggiore Piovesana. The fire truck was positioned in front of the atrium, the beginning of the fire had occurred right at the entrance.

The firefighters examined the situation and found that there was no risk. The smoke caused by the device reached a sensor and thus the alarm was triggered. The firefighters inspected the building, to exclude other principles of fire, the 46 classes of the technical and professional institute had to return to the classrooms. The boys, almost a thousand students of the Fanno, remained outside for about half an hour. At about 8.20 am there was the go-ahead to start the lessons regularly. The firefighters complimented the school on the safety procedures implemented. “Smoke came out of a device and the alarm system was triggered,” confirms Pasquale Pucci, director of general and administrative services at Fanno. «We received the compliments of the firefighters – he explains – because the entire protocol was carried out, putting everyone in safety.

When they arrived they found the access road clear and verified that there was no danger inside ».