A fire in the Kinston High School weight room Wednesday morning probably was caused by an electrical shortage.
Kinston Assistant Fire Chief Bill Johnson said a short in the electric heating system is being blamed for the fire that destroyed the roof of the building and some of the weight equipment.
The weight room is in a concrete block building a short distance from the main high school building.
The fire was reported to the 911 emergency dispatch center at 7 a.m. Wednesday. Students had not arrived at the school when the fire broke out. No one was injured in the incident.
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