UPDATED 4PM 3/23/18
FIRE HAS CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE MOC-FLOYD VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ALTON.
ALTON FIRE CHIEF QUINTIN VAN ES SAYS FIREFIGHTERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCHOOL AROUND 1PM AFTER SMOKE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE BUILDING:
OC………THE SMELL AND THE SMOKE. ;19
VAN ES SAYS THE SMOKE MADE IT INTO SOME OF THE CLASSROOMS, SO FANS WERE USED TO VENTILATE THE BUILDING.
THE STUDENTS WERE ALREADY BEING DISMISSED EARLY FRIDAY SO NO CLASSES WERE CANCELLED.
NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
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FIRE HAS CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE MOC-FLOYD VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ALTON.
FIREFIGHTERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCHOOL AROUND 1PM AFTER SMOKE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE BUILDING.
ALTON’S FIRE CHIEF SAYS A COMPRESSOR “WENT BAD” AND SMOKE AND ODOR CIRCULATED THROUGH PARTS OF THE BUILDING.
THE STUDENTS WERE ALREADY BEING DISMISSED EARLY FRIDAY SO NO CLASSES WERE CANCELLED.
NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
