Four Park Middle School Students Treated for Heat Illness

Four students at were treated for heat related dizziness early Wednesday afternoon.

Scotch Plains Police Detective Lt. Brian Donnelly said students in the school evacuated the building at around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday after a fire alarm was activated. He said the alarm was not part of a scheduled fire drill.

“The fire department surmised that the alarm went off because of the heat,” Donnelly said in a telephone interview. 

While outside of the building, four students complained of dizziness, Donnelly said. Temperatures at the time were as high as 90 degrees, weather services reported.

Members of the Scotch Plains and Clark rescue squads responded to the scene to treat the students with water and wet towels, Donnelly said. No students were transported to the hospital.