George Wythe High School in Richmond was briefly evacuated Monday afternoon after a fire inside a school restroom.
According to Richmond fire officials, a security officer discovered the fire in a trash can inside a girls' restroom around 1 p.m. The officer took the trash can outside. Richmond Fire Department spokesperson Lt. Shawn L. Jones said the officer suffered smoke inhalation.
A student was taken to the hospital around the same time for a medical condition unrelated to the fire.
Students were allowed back inside a short time after being evacuated.
Jones did not say what may have started the fire.
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