Eastern troubled by rash of fires
Small fires, the vast majority of which were intentionally set, plagued Eastern middle and high schools the past several years, according to fire department records.
Reporter Lex Alexander looked at records for the Greensboro, High Point and county fire departments to compare Eastern to other schools in the district.
Fires were much more prevalent at the Eastern schools than anywhere else, records showed. What the records didn't show, and no one could answer, is "Why?"
Alan Perdue, director of Guilford County Emergency Services, speculated that some schools might not be reporting small, quickly extinguished fires, which could skew the numbers.
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Wow, let me see... Eastern has a pyromaniac would be one explanation. Another is that if found, the culprits got a slap on the wrist (as is often the case) and then setting a fire becomes much more 'acceptable' as a way to get out of school or disrupt school.
Posted on December 18, 2006 3:04 PM