<figure id="attachment_4872" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4872" style="width: 489px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Baden-VFD-school-fire-in-Waldorf-July-10-2014.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-4872" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Baden-VFD-school-fire-in-Waldorf-July-10-2014-1024x576.jpg" alt="Baden VFD at Learning Center trailer-plex school fire in Waldorf July 9, 2014" width="489" height="275" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4872" class="wp-caption-text">Baden VFD at Learning Center trailer-plex school fire in Waldorf July 9, 2014</figcaption></figure>
<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY">CHARLES COUNTY, MD (July 10, 2014) – Deputy State Fire Marshals were requested to investigate a building fire that occurred at the Charles County Public Schools</p>
<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY">Lifelong Learning Center located at 3155 John Hanson drive in Waldorf.</p>
<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY">The Wednesday evening 6:15 p.m. two alarm blaze was brought under control by approximately 100 firefighters after nearly three hours of labor intensive work. Eighty occupants were inside the 18 classroom trailers when a reported lightning strike occurred.</p>
<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY">Shortly afterward, a haze of smoke began to enter the interior of the structures and all occupants evacuated without injury.</p>
<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY">All 18 of the classroom trailers were heavily damaged during the blaze. Damage estimates for the structures and contents is valued at nearly $1,000,000. No damage was reported to the detached, John Hanson Middle School building. Investigators confirmed the fire started as a direct result of lightning striking the building and then continued to spread throughout the connected trailers. No injuries were reported during fire department operations.</p>
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