page_title: Woodmill High School
section_title: 2019 fire
hierarchical_section_title: Woodmill High School / 2019 fire
caption_attribution_description: English: A view (entrance of the DAS) of the the aftermath of the fire that occurred in Woodmill High School in Dunfermline on the 25th
context_page_description: Woodmill High School is a local authority ran high school in Dunfermline, Scotland. It is one of the town's four high schools.
  Designs were proposed for the school in 1958 and construction finished in 1960. It was built to serve the expanding estates of Abbeyview, Touch, Brucefield and Garvock. The name Woodmill comes from the former purpose of the land it was built on. It was initially a secondary school, but was upgraded to full high school status in 1968. Woodmill is also the designated high school for children from the coastal villages of Limekilns, and Charlestown. The catchment area also includes Duloch, Masterton, Carnegie, Touch and Linburn.
context_section_description: Woodmill was seriously damaged by a large fire which started on 25 August 2019 which was reported on 5:05pm and continued to burn to the next day. The fire originally started in the school's Department of Additional Support (DAS) which was for people who needed additional support with learning difficulties. The fire completely destroyed everything in the DAS and had spread over other parts of the school including the E, F and G corridors, the cafeteria and the catwalk.
  Over 80 firefighters fought the fire, many of those firefighters came from different parts of Scotland. During the fight with the fire, surrounding homes around the area had their water supply affected as the firefighters used many hydrants which affected the local water supply.
caption: A view of inside the DAS building after the fire.
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