Fontana Elementary School was evacuated and classes were canceled today after a natural gas leak caused by two faulty boilers in the building.
The leak was first detected at about 8:15 a.m. by custodian Scott Linhart shortly after students had filled the school, which serves about 200 children in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.
Kinhart received an alert about malfunctioning boilers and smelled natural gas in the boiler room. He then alerted Principal Steve Torrez, who called the Fontana Fire Department.
Torrez and other school staff escorted students out of the building, 450 S. Main St., and walked them about a half-mile to their evacuation site at St. Benedict Catholic Church.