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Students at Longleaf Elementary in Melbourne were evacuated due to a burning electrical smell.

Brevard County Fire Rescue investigated the smell, which originated from a burned-out air handler belt.

The incident occurred around 10:15 a.m. at the school, located on Wickham Road.

Students at Longleaf Elementary School were briefly evacuated in Melbourne following reports of a burning electrical smell, which district officials was traced to a burned-out air handler belt.

Brevard County Fire Rescue crews were called about 10:15 a.m. to the 561-student campus at 4290 N. Wickham Road to investigate.

“We had some smoke in a classroom. So we evacuated; Brevard County Fire Rescue is responding,” said Janet Murnaghan, spokesperson for Brevard Public Schools.

The children w

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