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| Buckholme Towers School fire tackled in Poole | Buckholme Towers School fire tackled in Poole |
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| More than 35 firefighters tackled a fire at a Dorset school. | |
| Crews were called to Buckholme Towers preparatory school in Lower Parkstone, Poole, at 02:47 GMT. The fire was still burning four hours later. | Crews were called to Buckholme Towers preparatory school in Lower Parkstone, Poole, at 02:47 GMT. The fire was still burning four hours later. |
| No-one was injured in the blaze, which has damaged the first and second floors of the building. | No-one was injured in the blaze, which has damaged the first and second floors of the building. |
| Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said the cause of the blaze would be investigated, but police said it was not being treated as suspicious. | Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said the cause of the blaze would be investigated, but police said it was not being treated as suspicious. |
| 'Immensely sad' | 'Immensely sad' |
| Eye witness Alison Hellawell, who lives nearby, said: "I was asleep and I heard some noises. I thought it was people in the garden somehow, and I opened the curtains and the flames were just shooting out of it and I looked straight across to the school - my children went to that school - and it was just a huge shock and I called the fire brigade." | Eye witness Alison Hellawell, who lives nearby, said: "I was asleep and I heard some noises. I thought it was people in the garden somehow, and I opened the curtains and the flames were just shooting out of it and I looked straight across to the school - my children went to that school - and it was just a huge shock and I called the fire brigade." |
| She added: "We all just stood there watching the school go up, and it's immensely sad for us because its part of their childhood and it's just destroyed". | She added: "We all just stood there watching the school go up, and it's immensely sad for us because its part of their childhood and it's just destroyed". |
| Head teacher Iain Robertson said: "This is a very sad day in the history of Buckholme Towers School, but we must not lose sight of the fact that this is only a building. | Head teacher Iain Robertson said: "This is a very sad day in the history of Buckholme Towers School, but we must not lose sight of the fact that this is only a building. |
| "It is the children that are at the heart of the school and the most important thing is that they are safe. We are working to ensure there is minimal disruption to their education." | "It is the children that are at the heart of the school and the most important thing is that they are safe. We are working to ensure there is minimal disruption to their education." |
| Police have closed Commercial Road (A35) through Lower Parkstone. | Police have closed Commercial Road (A35) through Lower Parkstone. |
| Buckholme Towers is an independent school for children aged three to 12. | Buckholme Towers is an independent school for children aged three to 12. |