Multiple fire company units have been dispatched to Cheltenham High School for an electrical issue in the school’s “little gym,” according to a Facebook post from Emergency Alerts of Southeastern Pennsylvania at approximately 9:00am on Friday, September 29.

A follow-up post notes that PECO will be on site within the hour, and that “CSD Electrician believe they lost 2/3 of the phases in the building, they’re with FM26 now.”

From their post:

FIRE DISPATCH
SCHOOL FIRE
CHELTENHAM HIGH SCHOOL
500 RICES MILL ROAD
WYNCOTE-CHELTENHAM TOWNSHIP
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
ENGINE 1, LADDER 1, ENGINE 2, SQUAD 3, ENGINE 300-2, SNORKEL 82, QUINT 16
#EMA2
SMOKE CONDITION IN LITTLE GYM, ELECTRICAL ISSUE PER BLDG MAINTENANCE

Update: At approximately 9:45am, the district shared the following:

We will be in touch as more details come available.

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