Arson causes evacuation at Eastern Middle School


May 4, 2005, midnight | By Kelly Ferguson | 18 years, 10 months ago

14-year old boy has been charged


This is not original reporting. All information has been compiled from an article in The Washington Post. Silver Chips Online posts these news summaries to provide readers with a forum for discussion.

Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring was evacuated yesterday, May 3, after an eighth-grade student allegedly set fire to a stairwell, according to an article in the Washington Post. The fourteen-year old boy was arrested and charged with first-degree arson. Ironically, this week is also Arson Awareness Week, and the theme for this year is "School Arson-a Burning Subject."

Eastern faculty members discovered the fire at approximately 11:20 a.m., reported the Post. The fire was extinguished before the fire department arrived. No one was injured in this incident, and students were released back into the building about two hours later. The cost for the total damages was estimated at $1,000.



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