Crime & Safety
No Students Hurt in Fire at Elementary School
A space heater is blamed for burning a chair Tuesday in the library of Kennedy Elementary School in Chicago Heights, according to a District 170 official.
No students were injured in a small fire Tuesday afternoon in Kennedy Elementary School library.
A space heater is being blamed for burning fabric on a chair at around 1 p.m. Tuesday, according to a District 170 official. A maintenance worker walking by put out the fire.
“He extinguished it even before it could set off the heat detectors," said Anthony Leli, business manager for District 170.
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Fire investigators have ruled the fire an accident and no citations have been issued, Leli said.
Students were evacuated at around 1 p.m. when the chair caught fire. It was contained to one part of the school library and only damaged the chair.
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Students were present in the library during the incident but where unharmed, according to the district.
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