Skip to main content
Friday, November 6, 2026Nov 6

This story is free to read.

Connecticut teen’s body spray sets off school fire alarm

connecticut-teens-body-spray-sets-school-fire-alar
connecticut-teens-body-spray-sets-school-fire-alar connecticut-teens-body-spray-sets-school-fire-alar

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) – Officials say a fire alarm that went off at a Connecticut high school was activated by a student’s “overabundance” of body spray in a locker room.

Firefighters were called to Middletown High School shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday.

Officials told The Middletown Press (http://bit.ly/Kej9rY ) that the student used an excessive amount of the scented spray and created a cloud of mist right below a heat sensor, which tripped the fire alarm.

Firefighters allowed students and teachers to return to the building shortly after arriving.

Officials deemed the call a “routine accidental.”