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Sprinkler mishap leads to virtual learning day for South Fayette High School

Incident happened on Thursday evening

Sprinkler mishap leads to virtual learning day for South Fayette High School

Incident happened on Thursday evening

YEAH. ANDREW THE PERFORMANCE FOR TONIGHT IS OFF THE MUSICAL INSTEAD WILL OPEN TOMORROW. BUT SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THE THEATER HERE IS IN GOOD SHAPE. BUT THE STUDENTS REHEARSAL WAS INTERRUPTED WHEN THE STAGE WAS FLOODED AT THE PIT. UNDERNEATH THE STAGE HAD WATER DAMAGE AND THE STAGE ITSELF. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE INSIDE SOUTH FAYETTE THEATER JUST AFTER THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM FLOODED THE STAGE. THE STUDENTS WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR FINAL DRESS REHEARSAL OF CRAZY FOR YOU. THEIR SPRING MUSICAL SET TO OPEN TONIGHT WHEN THE OAK RIDGE FIRE CHIEF SAYS THE SPRINKLERS WENT OFF. STUDENTS SMELLED SMOKE AND EVERY AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH THEM PRACTICING FOR THE SPRING MUSICAL. NATURALLY, THEY HAD THE LIGHTS ON, SO WHEN THE WATER HIT THE LIGHTS, IT’S IT SET OFF STEAM AND YOU GET THAT SMELL. SO THERE WAS A CONCERN AT FIRST THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD A FIRE IN THERE. FIRE CHIEF BILL SPENCE SAYS THEY QUICKLY DETERMINED THERE WAS NO FIRE. JUST THE SMELL OF BURNIN LIGHTS. BUT THE SPRINKLERS, HE SAYS, WERE SET OFF BY A SCENE CHANGE. APPARENTLY THE CABLE FOR THE CURTAINS AND THE PROPS HAD WRAPPED AROUND THE SPRINKLER HEAD CHIEF SOUP AND SAYS IT TOOK ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO SHUT THE WATER OFF AND DRAIN THE SYSTEM, WHICH LEFT PUDDLES BACKSTAGE ON THE STAGE AND IN THE PIT. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS WITH THE SOUTH FAYETTE SCHOOL DISTRICT DISTRICT STAFF RESTORATION CREWS AND ELECTRICIANS HAVE SPENT HOURS METICULOUSLY CHECKING EVERY PART OF THE THEATER, INCLUDING THE FLOORING, LIGHTING AND AUDIO SYSTEM. AND OFFICIALS SAY THEY DETERMINED THAT THIS PERFORMANCE WILL GO ON. THAT THE PROPS, SETS AND INSTRUMENTS WERE NOT DAMAGED. BUT THE KIDS WILL GET ANOTHER CHANCE AT THEIR INTERRUPTED DRESS REHEARSAL. FIRST. TO ALLOW THOSE STUDENTS THAT EXTRA REHEARSAL. TONIGHT’S PERFORMANCE, AS I MENTIONED, IS NOT HAPPENING. BUT SATURDAY’S PERFORMANCE AT 7 P.M. THAT IS ON AND ON SUNDAY, THERE ARE NOW TWO PERFORMANCES AT 2 P.M. AND 7 P.M. LIVE OUTSID
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Sprinkler mishap leads to virtual learning day for South Fayette High School

Incident happened on Thursday evening

A sprinkler mishap above the South Fayette High School theater stage on Thursday led to a virtual learning day for students at the school on Friday.It was around 7 p.m. Thursday that the sprinkler system above the stage was activated and everyone inside the building was evacuated.Oak Ridge Fire Chief Bill Supan said a cable used during rehearsal for the high school musical wrapped around a sprinkler head, causing the sprinklers to activate. Images taken by the fire department show water puddled on the floor backstage and watermarks where it dripped from the stage. The incident led the district to announce South Fayette High School only will be on a virtual learning delay Friday with a two-hour delay schedule.In-person learning will continue as scheduled at the other schools in the district.Performances of the high school’s spring musical scheduled to happen on Friday were postponed. The district announced that Saturday's performance will go on as scheduled, and an additional performance has been added for Sunday.

A sprinkler mishap above the South Fayette High School theater stage on Thursday led to a virtual learning day for students at the school on Friday.

It was around 7 p.m. Thursday that the sprinkler system above the stage was activated and everyone inside the building was evacuated.

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Oak Ridge Fire Chief Bill Supan said a cable used during rehearsal for the high school musical wrapped around a sprinkler head, causing the sprinklers to activate. Images taken by the fire department show water puddled on the floor backstage and watermarks where it dripped from the stage.

The incident led the district to announce South Fayette High School only will be on a virtual learning delay Friday with a two-hour delay schedule.

In-person learning will continue as scheduled at the other schools in the district.

Performances of the high school’s spring musical scheduled to happen on Friday were postponed. The district announced that Saturday's performance will go on as scheduled, and an additional performance has been added for Sunday.