The fire brigade of Lustenau in Vorarlberg received a disturbing alarm on Thursday afternoon: a fire had broken out in the boys’ toilet of the high school in Kirchdorf. It later emerged that a 13-year-old had set fire to the towel dispenser. Fortunately no one was injured.
The fire in the restroom on the second floor of the high school was discovered just before 3 p.m. For safety reasons, the school management evacuated all students from the building before the fire brigade arrived. The Floriani disciples quickly extinguished the fire, but there was significant material damage.
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During the investigation it turned out that a 13-year-old student had started the fire. He had lit a towel in the machine with a lighter. The boy confesses. Police also found the lighter used in the arson attack on him. When questioned by “Krone”, the boy was said to be a “problem child”. He was taken to Rankweil State Hospital.
As a precaution, the fire brigade checked the other areas in the school, after which the building was released again for lessons. According to the police, a report will be sent to the public prosecutor’s office and the district authority of Dornbirn after the investigation is completed.
Source: Krone
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