Shadow Lake Elementary School was evacuated shortly before 3:30 p.m. last Thursday when smoke was detected in classrooms, according to the Tahoma School District.
The district’s maintenance supervisor, Bob Schuler, said the source of the smoke in the Unit A portion of the school was cardboard packing material that ignited inside a heat pump when the pump motor overheated and failed. District maintenance workers located the problem and replaced the motor Thursday evening.
Classes resumed their regular schedule Friday.
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