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School Evacuated After Electrical Short Causes Fire In Fairfield County School Evacuated After Electrical Short Causes Fire In Fairfield County
School Evacuated After Electrical Short Causes Fire In Fairfield County Classes have resumed at a Fairfield County elementary school after a fire forced students to evacuate. A police officer in Westport assigned to Long Lots Elementary School, located on Hyde Lane, first noticed trouble at around noon Wednesday, May 25, when he smelled smoke in the school’s auditorium, according to the Westport Fire Department. The officer pulled a fire alarm after spotting smoke and used a fire extinguisher to douse the flames. When firefighters arrived, they found a small fire still burning in a wall of the auditorium that they put out, officials said. Investigators with …

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by Michael Mashburn