Great Barrington Fire Chief Charlie Burger says his department, the state Fire Marshal's Office, and the Great Barrington Police Department will be conducting a joint investigation into the cause of a fire that broke out on Sunday at the former Searles School on Bridge Street.
The Great Barrington Fire Department responded to a fire on Sunday at the former Searles Middle and High School, an unoccupied building on Bridge Street.
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