Crime & Safety

Lawrence High School Couch Fire Leads To Evacuation: Report

No one was injured when a small fire was ignited in the school library, the Eagle-Tribune reported.

A couch caught on fire Monday morning in the Lawrence High School library.
A couch caught on fire Monday morning in the Lawrence High School library. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)

LAWRENCE, MA — Lawrence High School was briefly evacuated late Monday morning after a couch caught on fire in the library, according to an Eagle-Tribune report.

No one was injured in the fire, the newspaper reported.

Investigators called to the school obtained security footage and the school day resumed soon after noon, the paper said.

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