Boy arrested in connection with school fire

It has been reported that an 11-year-old buy has been arrested on suspicion of arson following a fire on the roof of a Wolverhampton primary school.

After reports of a disturbance at Elston Hall Primary School on Stafford Road at around 8:10pm on Monday night, the police were called to investigate the scene.

Upon arrival, the West Midlands Police noticed that the school roof was alight and that the blaze was quickly spreading.

It took eight fire crews to tackle the flames and bring the situation under control. By 11:00pm the firefighters had stopped the fire from spreading.

A spokesman for the West Midlands Fire Service said:

“It was a rapidly developing fire when we first arrived and the fast intervention of the initial crews, with breathing apparatus and main jets, held the fire in check and prevented it from spreading.

“Building work should be able to put this right in time for school children to return in about three weeks’ time.

“It was very professional and a job well done by the fire crews across the Black Country.”

There were no reported injuries following this incident.

The fire damaged building is still expected to be repaired on time for the start of the new school term in September.