MINNEAPOLIS - Hundreds of students at a Minneapolis elementary school were chased out into the cold Wednesday afternoon after a boiler explosion at their school.

Minneapolis Schools spokesperson Larissa Chinwah confirms the boiler at Lake Harriet Upper Elementary School, 4912 Vincent Avenue South in South Minneapolis, exploded around 12:30 p.m.  

Seven hundred students were quickly evacuated to Minneapolis Fire Station Number 28 at 2810 West 50th Street. 

No injuries were reported.  

Chinwah says once the situation stabilized and firefighters cleared the building, students returned to the school. 

The boiler was repaired an up and running by 2:45 p.m.

All afternoon classes and programming continued and classes will resume as normal on Friday.

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