Blaze at Ash Green Community School being treated as arson attack

By The Newsroom
Published 21st Nov 2018, 08:14 BST
Updated 21st Nov 2018, 09:19 BST
Head teacher Mungo Sheppard with Lyla Milnes, Marshall Bailey and Amy Owen-Smith, upset after an arson attack on the garden shelter at Ash Green Community Primary School, Sunnybank Road, MixendenHead teacher Mungo Sheppard with Lyla Milnes, Marshall Bailey and Amy Owen-Smith, upset after an arson attack on the garden shelter at Ash Green Community Primary School, Sunnybank Road, Mixenden
Head teacher Mungo Sheppard with Lyla Milnes, Marshall Bailey and Amy Owen-Smith, upset after an arson attack on the garden shelter at Ash Green Community Primary School, Sunnybank Road, Mixenden

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An investigation is underway at a primary school in Halifax after one of its buildings was destroyed in a fire
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Head teacher Mungo Sheppard said the incident is terribly sad news and it has had a knock on effect for children and parents.

MORE CRIME NEWS: Heartless raiders steal computer tablets from new multi-million pound Halifax schoolOfficers attended the school and the fire is now being treated as arson.

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A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: "We were called at 10.27pm on Monday by the fire service to report of a gazebo being deliberately set on fire in the grounds of a school on Mixenden Road.

"Enquiries remain ongoing.

"Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting log number 1806 of 19/11."

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