According to the Cumberland County School System, a fire in a trash can in a boy's bathroom was extinguished.Students were evacuated just before the school day was to end.
Fans were used to clear smoke from the building. Classes will resume on their normal schedule Thursday.
A much larger fire at the same school a few years ago caused more than $2 million in damage.
In May 2001, teacher assistant Shawn Barnes was arrested for starting the fire in a classroom. There was smoke damage throughout the building.
The fire forced students to finish classes at a nearby middle school. The most damaged classrooms were even off limits when school started in the fall that same year.
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