Fire at Chaney is suspicious

YOUNGSTOWN — Damage from a fire set Monday in a girls’ bathroom at Chaney High School did an estimated $16,000 in damage to the property and contents, the fire department said.

Students were evacuated from the school when the fire alarm sounded on the third floor around 9 a.m. A sprinkler head that activated in the bath room caused extensive water damage to the first, second and third floors, reports show. School maintenance workers used shop vacuums to pick up water from the hallway and rooms and shut off the water pressure.

Burned paper was found in a bath room stall and soot on the walls. An arson investigator was called to the scene.