Fire in locker room evacuates middle school

Morehead Middle School students were evacuated Monday after a fire started in the gymnasium, a fire spokesman said. The fire was reported just after 11 a.m. at Morehead Middle School, 5625 Confetti. Apparently clothes in a dryer in the locker room caught on fire, said Lt. Mario Hernandez, a fire spokes-man.

School officials evacuated students before firefighters arrived, he said. No injuries were reported.

This is the third fire at a school in a week, Hernandez said. The other two fires occurred at Del Valle High School and Chapin High Schools. Two juveniles were charged with criminal mischief in the two high school fires.
By Stephanie Sanchez in The El Paso Times