The Elizabeth Fire Protection District responded to two calls within one week from Elizabeth High School regarding potential gas leaks.

The first call was Feb. 20 and the second was Feb. 24. The first was during school hours and forced students out of the building for a half an hour while the fire department tested the building.

Superintendent Paul Dellacroce said first incident was not a gas leak and may have been exhaust fumes being sucked back into the building.

“There was one small hole in a gas line in the kitchen,” he said. “But there wasn’t even enough gas to register on the Elizabeth Fire Department’s detector.”

The second call was an actual gas leak in the boiler room in the school due to a bad valve. A janitor smelled the gas early that morning and immediately called the fire station. The high school was clear by 7:40 a.m. and the valve was replaced by 10 a.m. and all other valves in the boiler room were checked for holes.

Dellacroce said the school’s gas company, Black Hills, also did a thorough inspection throughout the school.

“The gas company did not find anything in the school and parents have nothing to be worried about,” Dellacroce said.