Primary students thank Alice hero cops for extinguishing structure fire at school

STUDENTS from a popular school have thanked the police officers who extinguished a fire that threatened to burn down their school

Students gather at Alice Springs Police Station to thank police for extinguishing school fire. Image: SUPPLIED

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OUR Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College (OLSH) students have thanked the police officers who extinguished a fire that threatened to burn down their school.

More than 30 students went to Alice Springs Police Station to sing a Christmas carol for the officers, give them a hamper and a “thank you” book the children made at school.

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Just before 6pm on November 26, Police Auxiliary Officer Ajak Akech and Constable Jarrath Haigh responded to a call of a structure fire at OLSH’s Bath Street campus.

“We got there and the side of the building up to the second level was on fire,” said Constable Haigh.

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Auxiliary Officer Akech said only one fire extinguisher was readily available and it had to be thrown over a fence to fellow officers.