A Cobb County elementary school was flooded with smoke Wednesday morning, officials said.
A malfunctioning HVAC system caused smoke to fill Tritt Elementary School, located half a mile from Johnson Ferry Road in Marietta, according to a statement from the school district. The fire department arrived just after 7 a.m. and discovered that a small fire, contained to an AC wall unit, was producing the large quantity of smoke.
Firefighters were able to quickly put out the fire and remove the smoke from the building, officials said. One person was inside the building at the time of the fire and was transported to a hospital for smoke inhalation.
School buses were diverted to nearby Hightower Trail Middle School, where students will spend the rest of the day with their teachers, according to a spokesperson from the school district. The middle school is roughly one mile away on Post Oak Tritt Road.
Students and staff are expected to be able to return to the elementary school for regular operations tomorrow, officials said.
“No students were in the building, and we are thankful to the fire department for arriving quickly to clear the building,” the district spokesperson said.
Firefighters had left the scene by 8:15 a.m.
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