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Post by TheFireman89 on May 31, 2017 21:43:47 GMT -6
There was a fire at Oakdale Elementary today around 3:45 pm. The blaze was so large that Oakdale Fire called for assistance from all 7 fire departments in Allen Parish plus departments from Rapides, Evangeline, St. Landry parishes and I believe from Beauregard as well. The older section of the school is where the fire started and that section of the school had collapsed by time I arrived with Elton Fire. School is believed to be at least an 80% loss. No one was inside at the time and there were no injuries. Cause is under investigation but is believed to be possibly from old wiring in the old part of the school. The fire is the biggest in Allen Parish since the Federal prison riot in the early 1980s
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Post by indy on Jun 1, 2017 5:57:12 GMT -6
There was a fire at Oakdale Elementary today around 3:45 pm. The blaze was so large that Oakdale Fire called for assistance from all 7 fire departments in Allen Parish plus departments from Rapides, Evangeline, St. Landry parishes and I believe from Beauregard as well. The older section of the school is where the fire started and that section of the school had collapsed by time I arrived with Elton Fire. School is believed to be at least an 80% loss. No one was inside at the time and there were no injuries. Cause is under investigation but is believed to be possibly from old wiring in the old part of the school. The fire is the biggest in Allen Parish since the Federal prison riot in the early 1980s Wow, bad deal. Glad you and everyone one else is safe
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Post by fuzzy on Jun 1, 2017 8:27:37 GMT -6
There was a fire at Oakdale Elementary today around 3:45 pm. The blaze was so large that Oakdale Fire called for assistance from all 7 fire departments in Allen Parish plus departments from Rapides, Evangeline, St. Landry parishes and I believe from Beauregard as well. The older section of the school is where the fire started and that section of the school had collapsed by time I arrived with Elton Fire. School is believed to be at least an 80% loss. No one was inside at the time and there were no injuries. Cause is under investigation but is believed to be possibly from old wiring in the old part of the school. The fire is the biggest in Allen Parish since the Federal prison riot in the early 1980s That is terrible. So where will all the elementary students go? I'm assuming it will still be unusable by the start of next year.
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Post by irish84 on Jun 1, 2017 8:39:02 GMT -6
There was a fire at Oakdale Elementary today around 3:45 pm. The blaze was so large that Oakdale Fire called for assistance from all 7 fire departments in Allen Parish plus departments from Rapides, Evangeline, St. Landry parishes and I believe from Beauregard as well. The older section of the school is where the fire started and that section of the school had collapsed by time I arrived with Elton Fire. School is believed to be at least an 80% loss. No one was inside at the time and there were no injuries. Cause is under investigation but is believed to be possibly from old wiring in the old part of the school. The fire is the biggest in Allen Parish since the Federal prison riot in the early 1980s That is terrible. So where will all the elementary students go? I'm assuming it will still be unusable by the start of next year. They said they were working on the plans to sort all that out right now. Now if they were high school kids im sure Kinder would be having private tryouts to lure a select number of kids over. Jk Jk...
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Post by indy on Jun 1, 2017 8:41:10 GMT -6
That is terrible. So where will all the elementary students go? I'm assuming it will still be unusable by the start of next year. They said they were working on the plans to sort all that out right now. Now if they were high school kids im sure Kinder would be having private tryouts to lure a select number of kids over. Jk Jk... You beat me to it! Especially since they know exactly what the enrollment cutoff is. Lol
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Post by fuzzy on Jun 1, 2017 9:01:01 GMT -6
That is terrible. So where will all the elementary students go? I'm assuming it will still be unusable by the start of next year. They said they were working on the plans to sort all that out right now. Now if they were high school kids im sure Kinder would be having private tryouts to lure a select number of kids over. Jk Jk... I know you didn't!!!!!!!! Man you are about to feel the wrath
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Post by fuzzy on Jun 1, 2017 9:04:02 GMT -6
That is terrible. So where will all the elementary students go? I'm assuming it will still be unusable by the start of next year. They said they were working on the plans to sort all that out right now. Now if they were high school kids im sure Kinder would be having private tryouts to lure a select number of kids over. Jk Jk... How close is the next nearest elementary school to Oakdale?
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Post by LATigerFan on Jun 1, 2017 9:06:59 GMT -6
They said they were working on the plans to sort all that out right now. Now if they were high school kids im sure Kinder would be having private tryouts to lure a select number of kids over. Jk Jk... How close is the next nearest elementary school to Oakdale? Elizabeth or Oberlin probably 15 min away
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Post by fuzzy on Jun 1, 2017 9:10:19 GMT -6
How close is the next nearest elementary school to Oakdale? Elizabeth or Oberlin probably 15 min away That's not too bad. Hopefully they figure something out.
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Post by kinder1981 on Jun 1, 2017 9:10:33 GMT -6
They said they were working on the plans to sort all that out right now. Now if they were high school kids im sure Kinder would be having private tryouts to lure a select number of kids over. Jk Jk... How close is the next nearest elementary school to Oakdale? The closest schools are all small class A Oberlin, B Fairview, & C Elizabeth all combined are probably less enrollment than Oakdale. I would imagine they would be moving in some temporary buildings over the summer and rebuilding with insurance funds.
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Post by jonevils on Jun 1, 2017 9:42:23 GMT -6
They said they were working on the plans to sort all that out right now. Now if they were high school kids im sure Kinder would be having private tryouts to lure a select number of kids over. Jk Jk... You beat me to it! Especially since they know exactly what the enrollment cutoff is. Lol Well we are in need of a new linebacker
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Post by TheFireman89 on Jun 1, 2017 17:51:30 GMT -6
I'm curious as to the effect this will have on Oakdale athletics in the future. Cause I'm sure there will be at least some that go to Elizabeth, or Fairview, or Oberlin that don't return to Oakdale
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Post by kinder1981 on Jun 1, 2017 18:09:29 GMT -6
I'm curious as to the effect this will have on Oakdale athletics in the future. Cause I'm sure there will be at least some that go to Elizabeth, or Fairview, or Oberlin that don't return to Oakdale I know it's early, but is there any word from the school board? Being summer break, I would assume they have time to get some temporary buildings in place before the new year.
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Post by TheFireman89 on Jun 1, 2017 18:17:27 GMT -6
I'm curious as to the effect this will have on Oakdale athletics in the future. Cause I'm sure there will be at least some that go to Elizabeth, or Fairview, or Oberlin that don't return to Oakdale I know it's early, but is there any word from the school board? Being summer break, I would assume they have time to get some temporary buildings in place before the new year. Superintendent said they are starting to look at options for the next school year
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Post by DQTigers1995 on Jun 3, 2017 8:37:58 GMT -6
My niece goes to that school, it's an unfortunate situation..
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Post by kinder1981 on Jun 3, 2017 14:18:58 GMT -6
My niece goes to that school, it's an unfortunate situation.. I have a family member who teaches there. Spoke to her yesterday. She said the only silver lining was the timing. If this had happened during the school year, it would have been extremely difficult.
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Post by TheFireman89 on Jun 3, 2017 15:56:58 GMT -6
My niece goes to that school, it's an unfortunate situation.. I have a family member who teaches there. Spoke to her yesterday. She said the only silver lining was the timing. If this had happened during the school year, it would have been extremely difficult. I was saying the same thing before we even got on scene. School had only been out for under 2 weeks. That fire moved so quickly it could have been tragic. Another silver lining was we were able to save the school's pet turtles and they are in a temporary habitat at Oakdale High. A lot of the kids were very worried about their turtles so I'm glad Oakdale Fire was able to get them
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Post by indy on Jun 5, 2017 14:07:17 GMT -6
I have a family member who teaches there. Spoke to her yesterday. She said the only silver lining was the timing. If this had happened during the school year, it would have been extremely difficult. I was saying the same thing before we even got on scene. School had only been out for under 2 weeks. That fire moved so quickly it could have been tragic. Another silver lining was we were able to save the school's pet turtles and they are in a temporary habitat at Oakdale High. A lot of the kids were very worried about their turtles so I'm glad Oakdale Fire was able to get them Are you serious about the turtles?
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Post by kinder1981 on Jun 5, 2017 14:17:21 GMT -6
I was saying the same thing before we even got on scene. School had only been out for under 2 weeks. That fire moved so quickly it could have been tragic. Another silver lining was we were able to save the school's pet turtles and they are in a temporary habitat at Oakdale High. A lot of the kids were very worried about their turtles so I'm glad Oakdale Fire was able to get them Are you serious about the turtles? Yes. There was a story on this on the local news.
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Post by TheFireman89 on Jun 5, 2017 21:54:31 GMT -6
I was saying the same thing before we even got on scene. School had only been out for under 2 weeks. That fire moved so quickly it could have been tragic. Another silver lining was we were able to save the school's pet turtles and they are in a temporary habitat at Oakdale High. A lot of the kids were very worried about their turtles so I'm glad Oakdale Fire was able to get them Are you serious about the turtles? Oh yes thats not a joke, Oakdale Fire was able to rescue the school's pet turtles. Fortunately they weren't housed directly in the school, they had a habitat next to the school so they were able to save most of them though a few succumbed to the heat and smoke
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