Weatherford (TX) ISD Evacuates School for Toxic Leak, Reunifies 99% of 369 Students by Lunchtime CHALLENGE Early in the school day on February 1, 2019, staff members at Weatherford (TX) Independent School District’s Seguin Elementary school alerted district leadership of an overpowering smell in one of the building’s hallways. A quick investigation by facilities staff revealed a sewer gas leak in one of the restrooms. A sewage line cap had failed, and gas was escaping into the building. Dias, the district's director of safety and security, as well as a former police commander and Homeland Security task force officer, knew that the odor wasn’t just strong and nauseating but in fact an imminent risk to both student and staff safety. Sewer gas contains both toxic and flammabl

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