Jackson Corner Amish School Fire, 2012
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Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/23/2012 at 16:20:31
JACKSON CORNER SCHOOL
Mount Ayr Record-News, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, January 5, 2012Jackson Corner Amish school house fire
The Mount Ayr and Union townships fire departments responded to a fire at the Amish school house near Jackson Corner on J55 and U.S. 169 south of Mount Ayr [and east of Redding] at 9:58 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 29.
Class was in session with some 50 students in the Jackson Corner School building when wool insulation in the attic began smouldering from the heat of the chimney of the building's wood stove. The building and contents were evacuated while the fire was fought. There was a good deal of smoke for a period, but fortunately the fire was put out without the building catching fire or major damage was done to the building.
No estimate of damage to the building was available but classes were back in session this week.
Photographs courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2012
PHOTOGRAPH: Smoke pours from the Jackson Corner School building while
students watch the fire men work on the fire last Thursday.
Jackson Corner Amish School Fire, 2012
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