Thompson, Man. school goes up in flames Wednesday morning

A metropolis successful bluish Manitoba is picking up nan pieces aft a ample occurrence astatine a section school.

Westwood School successful Thompson, Man., which serves 300 kids betwixt kindergarten and Grade 8 during nan schoolhouse year, went up successful flames early Wednesday morning.

City officials opportunity nan occurrence is believed to person started astatine an electrical panel, and arsenic there’s nary connection yet connected nan grade of nan damage, nan Mystery Lake School District says it’s excessively early to cognize what back-to-school will look for illustration for students successful nan fall.

Thompson residents successful nan area adjacent nan schoolhouse were urged to support their windows closed to limit their vulnerability to smoke, and warned they whitethorn temporarily acquisition small to nary h2o unit owed to firefighting efforts.

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