School fire in Bakersfield causes power outage

BAKERSFIELD, Mo. — A fire broke out at the Bakersfield school gym which caused power outages to the high school and middle school.

According to the Bakersfield Facebook page, no students were harmed during the incident and students have been dismissed for the day.

The fire was caused by an HVAC unit and caused minimal damage to the gym wall, however, the power is still out and some of the phone lines are down.

Utility responders are working to get the power back.

Phones are back on in the Superintendent's Office and the Elementary Office.