FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WFRV) – Officials in Fond du Lac say a middle school classroom was minorly damaged following an overnight fire in a kiln room.
According to a release from the Fond Du Lac Fire Rescue, crews responded at 12:54 a.m. Wednesday morning to the Woodworth Middle School on 101 Morngingside Drive after a fire alarm inside the school was activated.
Officials say arriving firefighters did not see any smoke or fire on the exterior of the building, but after checking inside the school, smoke was found in the art classroom, with a fire being located in an adjacent kiln room.
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Crews brought the fire under control within five minutes, but the kiln room was said to have still been significantly damaged. Due to the quick actions of the firefighters on scene, the fire was kept mostly to the kiln room, with the art classroom seeing only minor damage.
After the fire was out, firefighters ventilated the school to remove smoke from the building, which is said to have taken a significant amount of time due to the size of the school. Officials with the Fond du Lac Fire Rescue are expected to be working closely with school personnel to make sure the school is safe to enter.
No other information is available at this time, and an investigation into the cause of the fire remains ongoing
