Fire at Arthur Phillip High School, Parramatta
Two days before students are due to return to their desks, a fire has torn through a Parramatta high school.
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A fire has ripped through a Parramatta high school two days before students are due to return and less than a year after a blaze destroyed another in the same street.
The blaze reportedly went through the second and third floor of Arthur Phillip High School at Macquarie St overnight.
Firefighters were alerted to the incident about 12.15am.
Paramedics treated three firefighters for heat stress with one firefighter was taken to hospital.
Principal Lauretta Claus was alerted to the fire via a text from the deputy principal at 4am.
“Another fire,’’ she said.
“Some person had nothing else to do yesterday, unfortunately.”
Ms Claus was due to have a meeting with fire inspectors this morning to survey the damage but it was deemed as a crime scene and access was denied.
“Obviously I had to find out what the extent of the damage is but the school’s a very resilient community and I’m sure there’s going to be rooms we’re not going to be able to access for the children,’’ she said.
“There will obviously have to be a plan for Wednesday.”
On May 19, the two-storey Parramatta Public School on Macquarie St in Parramatta was engulfed in fire.
Three men were arrested after an extensive investigation of the blaze.
The blaze caused disruptions for primary school pupils but also some of the 1200 high school students.
A total of 350 Arthur Phillip Year 7 and 8 students learn are at the former Rowland Hassall School site at Macquarie St.
The cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
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