RIVERSIDE — A fire destroyed a portable classroom behind a local Catholic school Friday morning.
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Riverside firefighters responded around 3:12 a.m. to a reported fire behind St. Helen’s Catholic School, according to fire chief Mike Miller.
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“RFD (Riverside Fire Department) crews arrived to have fire venting from the rear of a modular classroom,” he said. “No injuries to responders and the building wasn’t occupied at the time of the incident.”
Miller also told News Center 7 that the estimated fire loss is $22,000.
Dayton, Wright Patterson Air Force Patterson Base, and Beavercreek Fire Departments provided mutual aid.
Miller said they are on scene for two hours.
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