Spartansburg Scene: Donations to be collected for fire victims

In case you hadn’t heard, the morning of March 27, a fire destroyed an Amish schoolhouse and sent three people to hospitals with burn injuries, including a teacher and two young students, according to Spartansburg Volunteer Fire Department Chief Chris Hughes.

The fire is believed to have started when the wrong fuel oil was used to ignite the school’s stove, Hughes said. No other structures in the area were damaged.

The SVFD was dispatched at 9:26 a.m. after a local resident called 911 to report the blaze at Hidden Valley School, 25983 North Byler Road. When firefighters arrived, Hughes said, the building had already collapsed to the ground and students had been evacuated to a nearby structure…

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