This was not a drill.
Students and staff were evacuated at Cascade Heights Elementary School Monday morning after a fire broke out in the school’s kitchen.
Firefighters were called to the school at about 10:52 a.m. for a fire alarm signal, according to assistant fire Chief Barry Mawhinney, and found light smoke coming from the roof and front door of the school on arrival.
Staff and students had already been evacuated, Mawhinney said.
Firefighters found a small contents fire in an auxiliary kitchen attached to the school gym.
“The fire was extinguished fairly quickly,” Mawhinney said. “It was a contents-only fire, so there was no structural damage.”
Classes were expected to resume Tuesday, according to a notice on the school’s website, but students were urged to bring their own snacks for recess since the Snack Bar was expected to be closed.
No one at the school district was available for comment before press time.
