Seneca Valley Students Back in Class after Power Outage

The lights are back on at after all three buildings on the district’s secondary campus lost power about 10:15 a.m. Tuesday.

District spokeswoman Linda Andreassi said a car accident near the campus left the buildings with partial power. The electricity went out completely a short time later when the outage caused a univent inside to malfunction. Andreassi said the malfunction generated an odor and light smoke on the third floor of the building.

Senior high students immediately were evacuated from the building and moved to the as a precaution, Andreassi said. The Harmony Fire Department spent about 20 minutes inside the building checking it out before declaring it safe.

At no time was there a fire in the building, she said. Students have since returned to the building.

Andreassi said power was restored to the buildings about 11:30 a.m.