Fire at special needs school (From The Oxford Times)
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Fire at Parklands Campus special school, Bessel Leigh, Abingdon
10:55am Saturday 12th January 2013 in News
By Katriona Ormiston, Reporter. Call me on (01865) 425426
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze at a special needs school near Abingdon.
Crew members were called to a fire in a temporary building at Parklands Campus, Bessel Leigh at about 10am yesterday.
Firefighters tackled tackled six-metre high flames, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said. No-one was injured.
The school is run by charity Action for Children and caters for 11 to 19-year-olds with behavioural, emotional, and social difficulties.