Thorough investigation into Vancouver school fire

4 free views left!

Thorough investigation into Vancouver school fire

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is helping the Vancouver fire and police departments investigate the Feb. 3 fire that destroyed Crestline Elementary School.

Investigators are sifting through the rubble, asking teachers what they had in their rooms and questioning first responders about what they saw as they arrived.

The Columbian reports (http://bit.ly/Ywi42w ) the ATF is reconstructing part of the building at the National Fire Research Laboratory in Gaithersburg, Md., to examine a fire in a controlled setting.

It could take months to determine the cause of the three-alarm fire.

The school district has moved Crestline's 500 students into other schools.

___

Information from: The Columbian, http://www.columbian.com

» Recommend this story.

» Be the first to comment on this story

Want to comment on this story? All Wenatchee World members are invited to comment on stories, by using the form below. Please know that we at wenatcheeworld.com hope our site is useful, entertaining and civil. So we'll delete comments that are obscene, abusive or way off topic. We appreciate it when readers use the "suggest removal" button to flag inappropriate comments. For more about interacting with the site, see our Use Policy.

Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.