{"id":12589,"date":"2018-02-17T10:40:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T14:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=12589"},"modified":"2018-02-17T11:41:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T15:41:15","slug":"fire-destroys-principals-office-at-princess-margaret-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/fire-destroys-principals-office-at-princess-margaret-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire destroys principal’s office at Princess Margaret School"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Officials are investigating a fire which has completely destroyed the office of the headmaster at the Princess Margaret Secondary School.<\/p>

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The fire brigade\u00a0has been successful in extinguishing\u00a0the early morning blaze but it was too late to save anything inside.<\/p>\n

Principal Dr Colin Greene says he was alerted about the fire by one of the groundsmen.<\/p>

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He said when firefighters came they\u00a0realised that the administrative\u00a0block but mainly the principal’s\u00a0office was on fire.<\/p>

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“Substantial damage was done inside there. All the computers, AC unit, the records, principals tables, and uniforms were damaged significantly.<\/p>\n

“There is a lot of smoke and fire damage. Anything that was inside there is gone,” Dr Greene reported.<\/p>

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He also reported damage to the secretary’s office but a full assessment of the damage has not been done.<\/p>\n

Dr. Greene says fire officials continue to investigate the cause and Board of Education officials already visited the school.<\/p>

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He did not say whether he thought the damage is linked to a series of acts of vandalism targeting the nation’s schools.<\/p>

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