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| Fire at Arvalee Special School treated as suspicious | Fire at Arvalee Special School treated as suspicious |
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| The police have said they are treating a major fire at a school in County Tyrone as suspicious. | The police have said they are treating a major fire at a school in County Tyrone as suspicious. |
| Arvalee Special School on the Deverney Road in Omagh has been extensively damaged by the blaze which broke out just before midnight. | |
| Firefighters used a number of specialist appliances - including two aerial pumps - to tackle the flames. | Firefighters used a number of specialist appliances - including two aerial pumps - to tackle the flames. |
| No-one was injured. Further investigations will take place once the building is safe to enter. | |
| The chair of Omagh District Council, Errol Thompson, whose nephew is a pupil at the school, was at the scene overnight. | |
| The DUP councillor said local people would be concerned, not only because of the damage to the building, but also by the loss of its expensive equipment. | |
| "The community of Omagh have been through a lot over the years and we will knuckle down and we will get on with it, but that's not to lessen the shock and the impact of it all," he added. | |
| The school opened in September 2004, after the amalgamation of Heatherbank School and Cranny School. | |
| It specialises in working with pupils aged three to 19 years of age who have moderate and severe learning difficulties. |