Lightning Causes Small Fire at Wawasee H.S.

A power outage and a small fire caused some problems at Wawasee High School in Syracuse yesterday. Superintendent Mark Stock writes on his web site that it all started with a lightning strike behind the school just before noon, which knocked out part of the school’s electrical system. Then a motor in the boiler room overheated and caused a small electrical fire. By the time the fire department arrived, the school’s head custodian had put out the fire. No one was hurt and everything was back to normal by one o’clock