06/10/2003
Special needs pupils relocated after classroom fire
Special needs children at a school in Co Down are set to be relocated after a mobile classroom was destroyed in a fire at the weekend.
Police are treating the fire at Crossgar Primary School, Co Down, as malicious after a bin was set alight and pushed against the building in the early hours of Sunday morning. The cost of replacing the damaged classroom is estimated to be around £50,000.
The blaze destroyed the school's entire library, in addition to reading schedules, numeracy schedules and literary schemes.
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Police are treating the fire at Crossgar Primary School, Co Down, as malicious after a bin was set alight and pushed against the building in the early hours of Sunday morning. The cost of replacing the damaged classroom is estimated to be around £50,000.
The blaze destroyed the school's entire library, in addition to reading schedules, numeracy schedules and literary schemes.
(MB)
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