Two Everett schools closed after explosion

By Globe Staff

The tanker truck explosion early this morning in Everett forced the closure of two nearby schools.

The Whittier School, which has students in kindergarten through eighth grade, is one block from Sweetser Circle, where the truck exploded. Officials decided to keep Whitter closed after it was used as a temporary shelter for residents who were evacuated.

Officials also closed Pope John XXIII High School, which is on Broadway about 2 miles from the scene of the explosion. The principal, William Fitzgerald, said students come to the school from a distance and that traffic would have been too much because of the explosion.

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