Update on Rogers High School Fire

**UPDATED** The fire's classification of cause is listed as ACCIDENTAL. The fire originated in, and/or directly adjacent to, the portable classroom's electric furnace.

SIU Investigators have listed two possible scenarios in which ignition occurred. One possible scenario is insufficient clearance of combustible materials where the heat duct passes through wood siding. A second scenario involves an unknown electrical failure within the furnace.

DAMAGE:

The 2000 square foot portable class room sustained damage from fire to the furnace and attic spaces of the structure. Class room contents were essentially unharmed. Teachers and students who were assigned to the two class room portable have been relocated to another area of the school.

DAMAGE EXTENT: One classroom of the two classroom "portable" structure.
DOLLAR LOSS: 10,000.00
FIREFIGHTER RESPONSE: 23
MUTUAL AID: None Given