College life goes on despite fire
IT WAS business as normal at a top Suffolk public school at the weekend despite an overnight fire in a boarding house.
IT WAS business as normal at a top Suffolk public school at the weekend despite an overnight fire in a boarding house.
About 80 boys were evacuated from Garrett House at Framlingham College early on Saturday morning after fire broke out in a waste bin in a bathroom.
Two members of staff were taken to Ipswich Hospital for a check-up because of fears they could have inhaled smoke, but were later released without treatment.
Housemaster Marcus Marvell said the drama had not interrupted school life - lessons continued as normal on Saturday morning and the school went ahead with hockey matches.
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Mr Marvell said: “All the boys were out of the house within a minute when the fire was discovered. The damage was minimal and apart from a disrupted night's sleep there was no real drama.
“Everything is normal at the school today.”
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Fire investigators were back at the school during daylight to examine the cause of the fire which left smoke damage to the bathroom.
