Reporter staff
Smoke and fire damaged a classroom at Horizon Elementary early Monday morning after someone broke into the school and ignited paper products, according to the Kent Regional Fire Authority.
Firefighters from the Fire Authority responded with Kent Police and Kent School District security at 2:45 a.m., after they received intruder alerts and a fire alarm from the school, 27641 144th Ave. SE, Kent.
The first fire units found a classroom with smoke from a burning bookshelf that contained children’s schoolwork. Although the fire was quickly extinguished, smoke damage had extended throughout the classroom and into the common area of the school.
There is no school today due to the Martin Luther King holiday. In a Facebook post on Monday, the school district said it did not expect any disruption to school on Tuesday.
The classroom where the fire started had a broken exterior window.
Police and school security searched the building for suspects, vandalism or other fires but were unable to find anything or anyone.
Anyone with information about the fire should call Kent Police at 253-852-2121.
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