CASTROVILLE, Texas — Emergency services responded to reports of a natural gas smell at Medina Valley High School Wednesday morning.
Hazmat crews have cleared the school with detectors. No natural gas was detected inside the school.
Students were evacuated "out of an abundance of caution" but have returned back inside the school once it was determined there was no gas leak or danger to students and staff, Medina Valley High School Principal Tanner Lange said in a statement.
Lange sent the statement to students' families and staff members. He says if you have any questions please contact the high school at 830-931-2243 extension 1151.
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