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Smoke Sets Off Alarm, Parkside High Evacuated

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Smoke apparently set off a fire alarm at Parkside High School forcing students to evacuate the building.

The Salisbury Daily Times reports that the school administration sent out an email that saying that the smoke was the result an equipment problem.

The ATEX classes were canceled for today.

Students began returning after the incident was investigated.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.