Friday, 3 October 2008

School badly damaged in huge fire

An investigation has started into the cause of a major fire which has wrecked a large section of York High School.

More than 60 firefighters tackled the blaze which appears to have started on the first floor of the main building at the Dijon Avenue site early on Friday.

The 1,000-pupil school has been closed and will remain closed on Monday, a City of York Council spokesman said.

"There are no injuries and around one third of the school has been lost," a statement on the council website said.

By mid-morning the blaze had been extinguished and about 15 firefighters remained to dampen down the wreckage.

For the full story...