‘Fully involved’ fire reported at Tolar Pre-K, all students safe

BRISTOL, Fla. (WCTV) - The Liberty County Fire Department responded to a fire at the Tolar Pre-K Administrative Building Tuesday morning, according to the Liberty County Schools superintendent. A dispatcher at the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office described the fire as fully involved.

A maintenance worker noticed the fire around 10 a.m., and crews say it likely started in the kitchen area.

Superintendent Kyle Peddie wrote on Facebook around 10:15 a.m. that all pre-k kids were safe and evacuated. The school is home to about 40 kids.

Peddie said the district dismissed all students at Tolar K-8 School because of the smoke on campus. The school is located on Highway 12 in Bristol.

Peddie said days like today are exactly what everyone trains for.

“The training, the drills that we do - obviously we’ve all done drills in school throughout our lifetime, and this was one of those times to put it into practice and they did excellent,” he said.

The district says preschoolers will stay in the main building for the rest of the school year as clean-up continues.

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