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'Gas incident' at Barton Court Grammar School in Canterbury
14:34, 02 April 2019
updated: 14:38, 02 April 2019
Parts of a grammar school have been evacuated following a suspected gas leak.
Pupils at Barton Court in Canterbury have been pictured congregating away from the affected area.
Parent and carers have been warned of the "gas incident" which originated in Old House - a Georgian manor house built in 1750.
The site reception has been closed as a result of the incident but the school day will still finish as normal.
All students are said to be safe.
Efforts to contact the school have been unsuccessful so far.
Dubbed the 'heart of the school', Old House hosts the library and Sixth Form common room.
The news of the gas incident comes after people took to Twitter this morning questioning a peculiar chemical smell in Canterbury.
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