Crime & Safety
Classes Unaffected by Fire at McEachern
A dumpster and a storage shed were damaged in the blaze.
Classes were unaffected today at following an early morning fire that damaged a dumpster and a storage building.
Cobb County firefighters arrived at the school between 1 and 1:30 a.m. and had left the scene by 3 a.m., said Lt. Dan Dupree, a spokesman for Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services.
Arson is not suspected, Dupree said, but police did take a man who was on school grounds into custody for questioning. There hasn't been anything found to link him to the fire, Dupree added.
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Dupree said it wasn't clear whether the fire started in the dumpster or in the storage building.
The fire was’t near any buildings with classrooms, said Doug Goodwin, a spokesman for Cobb County schools.
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“This was all way before school started, so it didn’t have any affect on operations,” he added.
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