Vandals trash, burn parts of Port Angeles High School

PORT ANGELES – More than a dozen fires were ignited in Port Angeles High School on Saturday during an early morning rampage that spanned four buildings, leaving television sets and computers broken and one cash drawer empty.

Only one fire – a blaze that burned most of the staff mailboxes in the administrative area – had to be put out by fire crews who arrived at 4:30 a.m.

Other fires had self-extinguished by that time.

The amount that had been in the cash drawer in the bookkeeper’s office was unknown as of Saturday night, as was the estimated amount of damage.

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Port Angeles police detectives followed a lead Saturday night, but that investigation led to the discovery of an unrelated marijuana growing operation east of Joyce.

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