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A fire in a restroom at Sugar Creek Elementary School Wednesday is under investigation by officials with the Sugar Creek Township Fire Department and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department.
Principal Tony Strangeway said the fire was reported at about 8:45 a.m. in the boys restroom located off the main hall just as school officials were wrapping up breakfast service and getting students to class.
The school’s head custodian, Kim Tarplee, noticed smoke and tried to extinguish the fire until officials arrived.
“The bathroom was completely smoke-filled,” Strangeway said. “You couldn’t see anything.”
All students were immediately evacuated and none were in any danger, he said.
“When our crews got here, they did find a fire in the bathroom,” Sugar Creek Township Division Chief Randy Brandlein said.
School officials were able to get all the students back inside the school to resume instruction once fire officials gave the all clear notice at about 10 a.m.
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