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Students return to class at Hand Middle School after suspicious odor caused evacuation

No gas leak was found and students were cleared to go back in the building after about 45 minutes.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The all-clear has been issued and students at Hand Middle have returned to class after being evacuated Monday due to a suspicious odor.

The school was evacuated for about 45 minutes Monday afternoon as a precaution while emergency officials investigated reports of a "gaslike" odor, according Karen York with Richland School District One.

No evidence of a gas leak was found, and students and staff were cleared to go back inside the school after about 45 minutes, York said.

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