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WASHINGTON LANDS — Washington Lands Elementary School students are back in the classroom this morning after a fire at a nearby warehouse forced the school to close on Monday.
A fire on Sunday destroyed the Sweirkos Enterprises warehouse on School Road, said Tom Hart, director of the Marshall County Emergency Management Agency.
Hart said Monday that because hot spots were still being extinguished at the warehouse on Sunday, officials decided it would be best to have students on a remote learning schedule instead of opening the school.
However, the hot spots are now out and students can go back to their classrooms today, he said.
“The cause of the fire is still under investigation by the West Virginia State Fire Marshall’s Office,” Hart said. “There was a wide variety of goods and merchandise inside. It’s a total loss.”