TORRINGTON – The Torrington Police and Volunteer Fire Departments responded to a fire by Torrington Middle School on Tuesday. 

The fire department received a call about a fire at the middle school shed by the football field sometime in the afternoon on Tuesday. When Cody Scott arrived on the scene, the fire was already put out. 

“We arrived on scene and noticed that bystanders had discharged a fire extinguisher on what appeared to be a flower box hanging on the side of the building,” Scott said, 

According to Scott, the bystanders were school employees who put out the fire. 

The initial theory of an electrical fire was deemed less likely when it was determined the fire started in the middle flower box attached to the building. 

Scott said they will be sure as they continue the investigation. 

The firefighters on scene checked the interior and exterior of the building to see if the fire spread. Soil from the torched flower box was also sifted through on the ground.

The crew cut into the siding which Scott said was to, “Make sure nothing actually got inside the structure and didn’t have to worry about

Aside from a bit of charring on the interior wood and the removal of the flower box and burnt siding, no damage was seen in the building.    

While the actual cause of the fire has yet to be determined, Scott said it is currently ruled as an unintentional burn.