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FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. - Fire and Rescue Crews responded to Whittier Elementary School after reports of a smoke odor.
Authorities say they arrived on the scene at 8:33 a.m. to the building already being evacuated. Crews were able to locate a belt that burned on one of the systems on the roof.
In a letter to parents and staff, school officials report a partial power outage that took place in the building and an odor of smoke. All students and safe are safe.
There is no active fire.
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