ARSONIST TARGETS CLASSROOM FACILITIES EARLY-MORNING FIRE CAUSES $30,000 IN DAMAGE AT PARK VIEW CAMPUS.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER -- An early morning fire Monday that officials suspect was arson arson, at common law, the malicious and willful burning of the house of another. Originally, it was an offense against the security of habitation rather than against property rights. caused $30,000 in damage to a portable classroom building at Park View Middle School. Detectives from the sheriff's arson and explosives unit were investigating the blaze BLAZE - A single assignment language for parallel processing. ["The BLAZE Language: A Parallel Language for Scientific Programming", P. Mehrotra <mehrotra@csrd.uiuc.edu> et al, J Parallel Comp 5(3):339-361 (Nov 1987)]. that broke out shortly before 3:30 a.m. at the school in the 800 block of West Avenue J. ``We had a deputy driving down Avenue J, smelled smoke, went to investigate and saw that an older portable classroom now used as storage was on fire,'' Sgt. Darrel Brown Darrel Brown (born October 11, 1984) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago. In the beginning of his career he performed well in World Youth and Junior Championships. The 100 m at the 2003 World Championships saw him finishing second behind surprise winner Kim Collins. said. Brown said the fire was intentional in·ten·tion·al adj. 1. Done deliberately; intended: an intentional slight. See Synonyms at voluntary. 2. Having to do with intention. . ``You could see that it was started on the outside of the building, like they put something against the building and started a fire,'' Brown said. ``It's definitely a case of arson.'' Firefighters had the fire under control within 10 minutes, Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La Capt. Ken Sotro said. ``It burned the outside of the classroom. It has plexiglass windows and the windows melted,'' Sotro said. ``It extended inside the building and burned some books on top of a file cabinet.'' Sotro said there was $30,000 in damage to the building. The damage to contents was unknown, he said. Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
The room was being used for storage and had things like folding chairs, tables, older computer equipment, books and a couple of TVs, Sundberg said. The fire did not disrupt school on Monday, he said. Sundberg said the room was in the northeast part of the campus, where there is no traffic. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) An early morning fire that started in one classroom caused damage at Park View Middle School on Monday. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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