FOUNTAIN VALLEY : Classrooms Burned in High School Fire
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An electrical fire burned two portable classrooms at Fountain Valley High School early Wednesday, and two firefighters sprained their ankles putting out the blaze, a spokesman for the fire department said.
A resident reported smelling smoke about 1:30 a.m. from the school at 17816 Bushard St., said Don Heinbuch.
Responding firefighters saw a glow behind the campus and found the portable building containing the two classrooms in flames, he said. About 20 firefighters controlled the two-alarm blaze in 15 minutes.
Investigators determined that an electrical part of a television failed and caused the fire, Heinbuch said.
The blaze caused $60,000 worth of damage to the building, $50,000 to the contents and $7,500 to an adjacent building, he said.
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