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Elementary Evacuated After 7-Year-Old Lights Fire In Bathroom

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Woodland Elementary in Alexandria, Minnesota, was evacuated Thursday after a 7-year-old student lit a fire in the boy's bathroom.

The fire was extinguished by the time the fire department arrived, around 2 p.m.

The 7-year-old boy was released to his mother as the Alexandria Police Department investigate the issue.

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