POCATELLO, Idaho—An early morning fire destroyed part of a large high school in the southern Idaho city of Pocatello on Friday.
No one was injured in the fire, but Pocatello Fire Department Assistant Chief Shane Grow said one wing of Highland High School was completely destroyed. The wing housed the school’s cafeteria, gymnasium, choir and band rooms, and it had severe structural damage including a collapsed roof.
Still, the Pocatello School District said in a memo to parents that it appears the fire doors between the other wings of the school operated properly, preventing the fire from spreading.
It’s not yet clear how much smoke and water damage occurred to the rest of the school, but at least two other wings have “significant water on the floor surface,” the district said….