2 p.m.
Students and staff have returned to classrooms at Occoquan Elementary School.
1:45 p.m.
WOODBRIDGE Va. — Students and staff at Occoquan Elementary School in Woodbridge are in classroom trailers at right now after someone reported a fire on the school building’s roof.
School spokeswoman Irene Cromer said all students are safe.
Prince William fire and rescue Battalion Chief Curtis Brodie said no fire was found, however, smoke did fill the air at the school and the building was evacuated.
Construction of a new roof at the school is underway, and the initial report of a fire appears to originated from that construction site, added Cromer.
We’ll have more on this as it becomes available.
The evacuation comes after Dumfries Elementary School lost power today following a vehicle crash.
