Fire Causes $10,000 Damage to School Office
SUN VALLEY — A fire of suspicious origin damaged an office at Richard E. Byrd Middle School in Sun Valley on Saturday, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman said.
Firefighters were called to the single-story building in the 9100 block of Telfair Avenue at 4:34 p.m., spokesman Jim Wells said.
No one was injured in the blaze, which fire officials said caused about $10,000 in damage. The fire was extinguished within 15 minutes.
“The cause of the fire is listed as suspicious and it is under investigation,” Wells said. The blaze is being investigated by the Fire Department and Los Angeles Unified School District police.
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