BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Firefighters responded to a Brockton middle school for a smoking laptop Friday, officials said.
Brockton fire crews responded to East Middle School after a student’s school-owned laptop began to smolder, according to the Brockton Fire Department.
According to Brockton Public Schools, no flames came out of the computer.
Firefighters packed up the laptop in a protective wrap and removed it from the building, the department said. No injuries were reported, but a student was checked out by the school nurse as a precaution, Brockton Public Schools said.
“Always use caution with devices containing lithium-ion batteries,” the Brockton Fire Department said in an X post.
The incident comes weeks after a laptop fire at Brockton High School prompted an evacuation.
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