A small dryer fire forced the Remsen High School to close Thursday, November 1, after it damaged one room and caused smoke damage throughout one wing of the school. The fire occurred in a dryer in the home economics room after school let out on Halloween. A maintenance worker discovered the fire and it was extinguished before it spread. No one was hurt in the fire.

The next day the school was closed and Stanley Steemer was called in to clean the smoke damage and odor in an effort to reopen the school the next day. Heavy smoke damage was limited to the classroom where the fire had occurred, however, two hallways comprising one wing of the school had smoke damage throughout. Since the classroom doors were closed, no additional rooms sustained contamination.

With a four man crew performing a dry wipe down followed by a wet wall wash, the smoke damage was cleaned off of the walls and floors. The wing of the school was also thermal fogged and an ozone treatment was administered to the damaged classroom. The drop ceiling tiles throughout the hallways required sealing and repainting to complete the job. After one day of work, the school was ready and open for business the following day.