Fire Damages Historic Detroit Public School
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DETROIT -- A pre-dawn fire has caused heavy damage at a historic public school in Detroit
Emergency financial manager Robert Bobb says Tuesday's blaze at the Paul Robeson Academy on the city's west side is "devastating."
The fire started about 4 a.m. and has heavily damaged the upper floors. Investigators have not released information on the cause of the fire.
Classes at the 660-student school are canceled Tuesday. Bobb says the district will move students to the nearby Thurgood Marshall school.
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The academy is named in honor of the famed singer, actor and social activist. It educates students through eighth-grade.
Bobb says a separate smaller building for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students was not damaged but could remain closed all week due to fumes from the fire.