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Ridgewood Superintendent of Schools Addresses Willard School Fire

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Small classroom fire at Willard School is quickly contained:

July 25, 2018

Dear Ridgewood Public Schools community:

Today, Wednesday, July 25, a small electrical fire occurred in a classroom at Willard School. The Ridgewood Fire Department, Police and Office of Emergency Management responded and quickly extinguished the fire. Minor damage to the classroom and materials resulted. A professional service that specializes in fire and water damage has been engaged to properly clean the affected classroom.

Willard School will be open as usual on Thursday, July 26.

I would like to take this time to thank our first responders for their prompt response to today’s incident and great work always.

Sincerely,

Daniel Fishbein, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools