Blaze breaks out in Wigan school

It has been reported that a fire in a Wigan primary school caused the premises to be evacuated last Tuesday morning.

Fire crews arrived at Canon Sharples CE Primary School shortly before noon as smoke alarms drew the attention of staff to the blaze which was thought to have started due to an electrical fault.

The fire, which began in the caretaker’s room, was contained by the fire doors and so there were no injuries in the incident.

It took firefighters around 45 minutes to extinguish the flames.

Deputy head-teacher Angela Holmes explained the importance of having modern fire safety equipment installed on the premises when she said:

“The building has only been here for about six years so everything is relatively new and we have the most up-to-date technology which alerted us immediately to the fire. The smoke alarm is hooked up to a computer system which tells us exactly where the problem is so we were able to act quickly and got all the children and staff out straight away.”

The fire only interrupted the school day for an hour and lessons resumed shortly after the Wigan fire crews said it was now safe to return to the school building.