School fire blamed on 'self-combusting tea towels'
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The 'self-combusting tea towels' caused a small fire, closing the school, the fire service said
A small fire that closed a school was caused by tea towels that had self-combusted, a fire service said.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue said it was called to Woodside Primary School in Oswestry at 05:50 GMT.
The tea towels had been through the tumble drier and folded before bursting into flames, the service posted on X, external, formerly Twitter.
It issued a warning about drying towels that had been "used for substances like cooking oil".
The small fire took place in the early hours of Thursday morning
Crews put out the blaze using dry powder extinguisher, a spokesperson said.
The school, which provides hot meals to Selatyn and Trefonen Primary Schools, is set to re-open on Friday.
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