By Bill Lindelof
blindelof@sacbee.com
Sacramento City Unified School District police are hopeful that video images will help them find who was responsible for a school restroom fire.
The fire Sunday caused minor damage to the restroom at Collis P. Huntington Elementary School at 5921 26th St., near Sacramento Executive Airport.
District police Sgt. Vince Matranga said that at about 5 p.m. three teens -- one with a skateboard, one with a basketball and a third on a bike -- were on the school campus.
One of the teens discovered that a door to a school restroom had been left unlocked, entered and set paper towels in a metal trash can on fire.
The heat and smoke set off a sensor and alerted the Sacramento Fire Department. The fire was mostly extinguished by the time firefighters arrived, Matranga said.
There was no structural damage, but the restroom interior will require repainting. The restroom is in the northeast corner of the school cafeteria.
"We were very fortunate that the walls did not catch fire, because it could have done damage to the cafeteria," Matranga said. "The fire investigator will be coming to my office today. We have some excellent shots of the juveniles."
School classes were not expected to be disrupted.
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