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Spark From Welder, Grinder, Causes $1M In Damage At Academies Of Loudoun: Fire Marshal Spark From Welder, Grinder, Causes $1M In Damage At Academies Of Loudoun: Fire Marshal
Spark From Welder, Grinder, Causes $1M In Damage At Academies Of Loudoun: Fire Marshal Debris from a welder inside a classroom at the Academies of Loudoun magnet school in Leesburg on Tuesday afternoon is likely to blame for the $1 million fire that broke out, officials say. At around 1 p.m. on Sept. 17, the Loudoun County Emergency Communications Center received an emergency call from the alarm company reporting a pull-station activation at the school, an the SRO assigned to the school reported a heavy smoke area in the boiler room reported the situation a minute later. Loudoun County Fire and Rescue crews and several neighboring agencies responded to the scene, where they f…

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