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Wondai State School’s library was destroyed by fire on Saturday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

January 11, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Local residents heard the sound of smashing glass before a fire razed the Wondai State School library on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The official cause of the fire is still unknown and a police spokesman said on Sunday afternoon investigators were probing the site to determine if the blaze was suspicious or non-suspicious.<\/p>\n

However, Mr Russell Brown, who lives across the road in Kent Street, said his family heard glass being smashed and suspicious noises about 7:30pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n

He and his wife Rae and son Codie, 19, went to investigate. They walked around the school grounds with torches, and Codie drove around the area, but nothing looked amiss.<\/p>\n

But just before 2:30am they awoke to the sounds of a fire and called emergency services.<\/p>\n

Four fire crews were quickly on the scene but there was nothing they could do to save the library building.<\/p>\n

Wondai State School principal Ruth Miller said it was a scene of “total devastation”.<\/p>\n

“I got there in the middle of the night. It was just horrible. Nothing could be done,” she said.<\/p>\n

Mrs Miller said the fire would not delay the return of students to school on Tuesday, January 27.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barricades have been erected around the remains of the library building because of the danger of asbestos from damaged fibro sheets.<\/p>\n

“But it will be all cleared up before the students return,” Mrs Miller said.<\/p>\n

“We will follow all the precautionary practices.”<\/p>\n

Mrs Miller said refurbishing the library had been one of the school’s major projects over the past five years and had been the focus of fundraising efforts by the P&C.<\/p>\n

Air-conditioning was installed about three years ago, new brightly coloured modern furniture had been purchased and the outside of the building was repainted in September.<\/p>\n

Also lost in the fire were computers and resources for teachers.<\/p>\n

“A brand new photocopier arrived last week. It hadn’t even been turned on,” Mrs Miller said.<\/p>\n

“We spent a substantial amount of money on books, improving the fiction and non-fiction sections. It was a well-resourced library. Teachers from other schools would visit and say ‘wow’.”<\/p>\n

And it was well-used by students.<\/p>\n

“We probably get up to 60 children in the library during the lunch break,” Mrs Miller said.<\/p>\n

The principal is determined to get the library up and running again as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

She would be contacting book suppliers and furniture suppliers on Monday and hoped they may be able to provide a discount after they heard what had happened.<\/p>\n

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Fire crews stopped the blaze from spreading to other parts of the school<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Russell Brown … heard the sound of breaking glass and went to investigate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The roof has collapsed into the building and the bookshelves and furniture are barely recognisable<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Barricades have been erected around the site ahead of demolition of the remainder of the building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The fire also destroyed a bench outside the building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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