The Roof, The Roof, The Roof is on Fire

One of my dear friends from work (1st grade teacher Erin) got married yesterday. Absolutely beautiful wedding only dampened by one small detail that one of the other guests (another teacher I work with) filled us in on as soon as she showed up to the reception.
Our school was on fire. Not the "temporary site" building we were in the last two years, but the one that was completely torn down, redesigned, and rebuilt. The one currently under construction. The school my staff and I toured a few weeks ago to see the progress. That was supposed to open in September.



Apparently the fire started when roofers were welding Saturday afternoon and accidentally set foam and wood under a piece of metal on fire. It burned for hours and about 100 firefighters worked to put it out. The fire was reported at 2:45pm and when we stopped by after the wedding at 11:00pm, what was left of the roof was still smoking. The poor firefighters looked hot and exhausted. I don't think the 85 degree heat and the humidity helped much. The fire department had to pry the roof of the building off the frame to fight the flames. The only good news so far is it looks like just the administrative and library wing has damage but we won't know for sure for a while. Hopefully we know more information soon.