This Thursday, October 13, at midday, 340 students from the Elisabeth and Norbert Casteret vocational high school, located avenue de l’Isle in Saint-Gaudens, were evacuated by the firefighters. They are this afternoon in the courtyard of the establishment and in front, they have not been sent home and should be able to join their classes in the afternoon.
Tear gas bomb or prank and catch
A suspicious smell and several indisposed people prompted management to call for help. About twenty firefighters intervened and decided to empty the buildings.
Eight people, bothered by this smell, were taken care of without any seriousness. According to the reception of the school joined by France Bleu Occitanie, it would be a question of “jokes” who allegedly used a prank-and-bait device. A relatively harmless game but which can be annoying, especially for people with asthma.