Fire heavily damaged a portable at Scenic Hill Elementary School in Kent after a fire broke out in it shortly after midnight early Tuesday.
The Kent Regional Fire Authority was called to the scene after police discovered the fire while responding to another alarm at the school, 26025 Woodland Way, according to a Kent RFA media release. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from the single-room portable which is located approximately 50 feet from the main building.
After entering the portable, firefighters found a small fire and high heat with much of the room’s contents melted and blackened. The fire was limited to the single portable.
An electrical failure in a carpet dryer that was running in the room caused the fire, according to a fire investigator. At least one other portable had a similar device operating in it.
School is out for summer break.
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