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Sprinklers Knock Alaska Preschool Fire
KETCHIKAN, Alaska - A sprinkler system extinguished a fire that threatened a Ketchikan preschool.
Police and firefighters shortly before noon Monday responded to a call from Holy Name Catholic School and found that a fire had started in a bathroom.
Fire Chief Jim Hill says a candle lit a soap dispenser but the school's sprinkler system extinguished it.
Students and teachers evacuated safely.
Smoke and fire damage was limited to the bathroom but water damaged a classroom, a hallway and the school's gymnasium. Damage to the three-story, $2 million building was estimated at $10,000.
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Information from: Ketchikan Daily News, http://www.ketchikandailynews.com
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Police and firefighters shortly before noon Monday responded to a call from Holy Name Catholic School and found that a fire had started in a bathroom.
Fire Chief Jim Hill says a candle lit a soap dispenser but the school's sprinkler system extinguished it.
Students and teachers evacuated safely.
Smoke and fire damage was limited to the bathroom but water damaged a classroom, a hallway and the school's gymnasium. Damage to the three-story, $2 million building was estimated at $10,000.
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Information from: Ketchikan Daily News, http://www.ketchikandailynews.com
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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