Lynnhurst Elementary School students and staff were evacuated Tuesday morning because of a gas leak across the street, Saugus fire officials said. At about 10:30 a.m., a Department of Public Works employee lifted a manhole on Walnut Street, adjacent from the school, and smelled gas, Deputy Chief Michael Newbury said. Firefighters arrived and used gas meters in the school building. Staff and students were placed on buses and taken to the Saugus High School gymnasium at about 11 a.m., and the Lynnhurst school remained closed for the rest of the day. Newbury said National Grid was on the scene at 3 p.m. to fix a broken pipe.
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