Fire in High School Bathroom Prompts Evacuation, Early Dismissal and Monday Cancellation Over Smoke Concern

Students at Red Hook High School were sent home early on Friday after a fire filled the boys’ first-floor bathroom with smoke. The school will also be closed on Monday since smoke from the fire spread throughout the building, necessitating an extensive clean-up operation. The school district has not yet committed to a specific date for reopening the school. Students at Red Hook High School were sent home early on Friday after a fire filled the boys’ first-floor bathroom with smoke. (Photo courtesy of Red Hook Central School District) The first fire alarm went off at 10:22 a.m., and firefighters... https://www.thedailycatch.org/articles/fire-in-high-school-bathroom-prompts-evacuation-early-dismissal-monday-cancellation-over-smoke-concern/