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Fire Damages Storage Room At Modesto-Area Middle School

MODESTO (CBS13) - Firefighters extinguished a fire at a Modesto-area middle school late Tuesday night.

The scene was at Hanshaw Middle School. According to the Modesto Fire Department, crews were called out to the scene just after 11 p.m. due to a reported fire.

Once at the school, firefighters found that a storage room near the gym was on fire.

Crews were able to contain the fire to the storage room, but some smoke did manage to drift into the gym.

The storage room held plastic foam floor mats and other gym equipment. Firefighters are investigating the cause and estimate that the fire caused about $10,000 in damage.

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