Hundreds of school students from Queanbeyan East Public School in Canberra are evacuated

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Hundreds of school students are evacuated due to a gas leak

  • Around 300 children and staff were moved from the grounds of a school
  • Queanbeyan East Public School is an 18 minute drive away from Canberra’s CBD

By Matilda Rudd For Daily Mail Australia

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Hundreds of primary school students have been evacuated because of a gas leak at a college near Canberra.

Around 300 children and staff were moved from the grounds of Queanbeyan East Public School while the gas leak is investigated by NSW firefighters.

The school is an 18 minute drive from Canberra’s CBD. 

It’s not known what the source of the gas leak is. 

More to come.