One hot kettle!

     Yesterday, at approximately 9:34 p.m. there was an intentional fire at Kettle Lakes District High School. Seven classrooms are damaged and the school is shut down until further notice.

     The only person present at the time of the fire was Joe Smythe, the night custodian for the high school. Smythe left the school with some bumps and bruises.

Kettle Lakes District High School currently not in
session due to fire.
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      As Smythe was cleaning the basement chemistry classroom, he heard a noise around 9:30, he recalls. With his left arm now in a sling, he said he was struck in the head with something, perhaps a glass beaker.

     Smythe then hit the ground. The next thing he remembers is waking up to a fire and mecial crew.

     The chemicals in the chemistry room spread the fire to six other classrooms downstairs and smoked and water ended up damaging the upstairs level.

     According to Anna Kingsley, Superintendant of Kettle Lakes, is looking into temporary locations within the next week to proceed school.

     Once school is back in session, one student won’t be coming back.

     The fire took place in a Mr. Barnes classroom. There may have been chemicals, and other flammable objects that set this fire off. A four minute gap was in between the time that Smyth claimed he heard a noise coming from his room. For a fire to start that quickly, a lot of flammable objects had to have been placed in that classroom.

     It only took four minutes for Smyth to get hit with a glass object, claim he heard a noise and for the ambulance to get there. This was all a very quick process for a fire to happen.

      Repairing 7 class rooms and all the materials and supplies in them may cost Kettle Lakes hundreds and thousands of dollars.

     This will have a large affect on the students and their school work because they have to move temporarily to a different school until the high school is repaired.

     “Sometimes the band students keep a door propped in case they forget something after practice”, Smythe says.

     Hopefully the suspects will be narrowed to one in the near future.

     We can only hope that these poor children will get back to their school work as soon as possible.