Electrical fire
damages school
HAMILTON – School officials were awaiting damage estimates after a mid-morning electrical fire Monday at Hamilton High School.
No one was injured in the fire, which started around 10 a.m. and was extinguished less than an hour later by the Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department.
“When we got to school Monday morning, the power was surging in the technology building and the elementary building,” Principal Mark Howell said. “We shut off the power to both buildings and called Monroe County Power. They found some lightning damage to one of the transformers. When we turned it back on, the surge protector caught fire in the technology building. We had a pretty good blaze going there for a few minutes.”
Students were evacuated to the football field when teachers smelled the smoke.
Damage estimates from the fire were not available Monday night.
