Fire destroys Dover high school

Ponca City Now - January 12, 2016 9:20 am

DOVER, Okla. (AP) – A central Oklahoma high school has been destroyed in an overnight fire.

Officials say Dover High School caught fire early Tuesday. It took firefighters about five hours to contain the fire, which started on the west side of the building in one of the classrooms.

No injuries have been reported, and the cause of the blaze is not yet known.

Dover Schools Superintendent Shannon Grimes tells Oklahoma City television station KWTV (http://bit.ly/1RzSvgj ) that the high school students will temporarily be moved to the elementary school until a longer-term solution is reached.

Classes had previously been canceled for Tuesday for a funeral.

Dover is about 60 miles north of Oklahoma City.

 

Latest Stories

2024 Comes In 2nd For Most Tornadoes In A Year

A very active November put this year one tornado away from tying the record of most...

Pro Tem Elect Paxton and Sen. Thompson to Refile Legislation to Limit Virtual Days in Public Education

OKLAHOMA CITY – Pro Tem-Elect Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle and Senator Kristen Thompson, R-Edmond, recently announced their...

President Biden Commuted Sentences of Nearly all Federal inmates on Death Row, Except 3

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Monday announced he had commuted the sentences of nearly all federal inmates on...