Fire reported in bathroom of middle school in Pulaski County

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A fire was reported Tuesday in the bathroom of Waynesville Middle School, according to a social media post from the St. Robert Fire Department.

The department wrote that it was called around 10 a.m. and found moderate smoke in the building. It found a fire in one of the bathrooms, which was quickly extinguished, the post says.

The school evacuated the building and wrote on its social media that summer school students returned to class around 11 a.m. It also wrote that high school students are temporarily having class at Parker Educational Center.