Tuesday 5 October 2021

BREAKING! Former Singleton School Destroyed By Fire

BY IAN CROUCH

A former Catholic school at Singleton has been severely damaged by fire overnight.

Firefighters from Singleton, Branxton, Telarah and the RFS were called to the former Catholic Junior School in Patrick Street just after midnight on Tuesday to find four buildings on fire.

Singleton Fire & Rescue says at least 3 demountable buildings were destroyed in the fire.

It's taken crews 3 hours to extinguish the fires.

Police are treating the fire as suspicious and have set up a crime scene as investigations continue.

Crews also had to contend with several grass fires in the Singleton Shire overnight.

One of the demountable classrooms destroyed in the fire Picture: Fr Thomas Chirackal