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Small fire at Bowie H.S. won’t impact classes today
UPDATE: The fire at Bowie High School was in a metal container holding large track and field athletic pads, and the cost of damage was estimated to be about $4,800, officials for the Austin Fire Department said.
EARLIER: A small fire that broke out early this morning in an outdoor storage pod at Bowie High School shouldn’t affect any regular school activities there today, a spokesman for the Austin Fire Department said Monday.
The fire began shortly after 5 a.m. in a pod on a field for the school at 4103 W. Slaughter Lane, said Battalion Chief Thayer Smith. It was extinguished within minutes, the spokesman said. The pod contained athletic mats, Smith said.
An investigator remained on scene this morning to look into the cause of the fire, Smith said. Cost of damage was not immediately known, Smith said.
