Fire at Clarkston High School woodshop causes extensive damage (WITH VIDEO)
No one injured in overnight fire; school will proceed as usual today, but without use of wood and metal shop
The woodshop at Clarkston High School sustained extensive damage from a fire that was reported just after midnight Thursday, according to Asotin County Fire District No. 1.
The fire was put out in about a half-hour and firefighters spent another two hours dousing hot spots. No one was injured; the cause of the fire is under investigation, according to a Facebook post by the Asotin County Fire District No. 1.
Clarkston School District announced Thursday morning that school will proceed as usual today.
"School will resume as usual as authorities have assured us that the rest of the school is safe for staff and students," according to a post on the school district's Facebook page. "Until further notice, we will not have students in the wood and metal shop sections of the high school."
Firefighters were dispatched to the school around 12:15 a.m. Thursday. No flames were showing outside of the woodshop, but a large amount of smoke was visible.
The Clarkston Fire Department was the first called, but most of the fire departments in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley ended up responding.
