Incident Date: February 13, 2007
Time: 1:10 PM
Report Date: February 13, 2007
Time: 2:35 PM
Location: Pineville Campus
Building
Category: Fire alarm
Disposition: Bell
County Fire Department responded
to call from Pineville Campus
Description: A compressor discharged Freon in the front area of the
classroom building at the Pineville Campus of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College and was noticed at approximately
1:10 pm. Because the Freon was mistaken for smoke the building was evacuated immediately
and the local Bell
County fire department
responded to the call. The Freon leak was
brought under control and confined to the specific area of the compressor with
no structural or interior damage. The
building was cleared for reoccupation by the Bell County
fire department.