Con Edison Gives Green Light To Return To Elementary School Campus After Gas Leak

Updated 1:18 p.m.

BEDFORD, NY — An emergency plan was put into action after a gas leak triggered an evacuation and first responders tended to students and teachers.

The scene unfolded earlier this morning when construction contractors hit a gas line at 52 Highland Avenue in Mount Kisco.

EMS checked students and staff on scene at Mount Kisco Elementary School and cleared them, according to the Bedford Central School District. The elementary students are safe, and have been fed lunch at Fox Lane High School, school officials said.

"At this time, all of our students and staff are back in their buildings and accounted for," Superintendent Robert Glass said in a statement this afternoon. :First and foremost, I would like to thank our staff for the incredible way they came together across schools to follow our emergency response plans. From administrators, teachers and aides to our food service provider (Aramark), our transportation supervisor and Towne Bus Company, Fox Lane’s security team and more, everyone came together to make this situation run as smoothly as possible."

Glass expressed deep gratitude at the way the community pulled together in the face of the crisis.

"Our students were cared for throughout the day by the best in the business," the Superintendent said. "We could not be more grateful to work with such hard-working, compassionate people. I would also like to thank our community partners: the Village of Mount Kisco, including Mayor Cindirch who was my primary contact; our School Resource Officers; Bedford Police Department; Westchester County Police Department; Mount Kisco Fire and Bedford Hills Fire for their expert collaboration."