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Baking soda prompts scare, evacuation at school in Pharr
Posted: 01.14.2013 at 2:37 PM
Brett Crandall

Brett is a reporter and weekend weather forecaster for Action 4 News.

Read more:  Local, Crime, News, White Powder, Scare, Evacuation, Baking Soda, Student Throws White Powder, Premier High School, Premier Schools, Pharr Fire Department, East Expressway 83, Pharr, Hidalgo County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

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Officials temporarily evacuated a charter school in Pharr after a student threw a white power at office workers.

It all happened at the Premier High School at 200 E. Expressway 83 in Pharr around 1:30 p.m. Monday.

Pharr firefighters told Action 4 News threw a white substance into the school's administrative office.

Officials evacuated the school as a precaution while authorities cleared the scene.

Investigators said the white powder turned out to be baking soda.
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