WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A small fire broke out at a high school in suburban Chicago while a teacher was setting up a science experiment. No one was injured.
Wheaton District 200 spokeswoman Erica Loiacono (loh-YAHK’-uh-noh) says no students were in the science lab at Wheaton North High School at the time of the fire, which occurred before school started.
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The sprinkler system extinguished the fire.
Students arriving at school were sent to the field house while firefighters finished their work.
Loiacono says classes are expected to resume this morning.