Fire Set at Entrance of High School in Lyon, France
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A fire started at a high school in Lyon, France. The school is called Édouard Herriot. The fire burned the front door of the school.
Students were inside the school when the fire started. Some people were happy about the fire. This made many people angry.
Police came to help. They arrested eight people in the Rhône area. Rhône is the region around Lyon.
The door that burned was very old. It did not burn during the Second World War. But now it is damaged.
This event happened during a time of anger among high school students in France. Many students are upset about something happening in schools.
Vocabulary15 words
- high school
- a school for teenagers
- arrested
- taken by police because of a possible crime
- anger
- a strong angry feeling
- fire
- burning flames that destroy things
- entrance
- the door you use to go into a building
- region
- a large area of a country
- damaged
- hurt or broken
- students
- young people who go to school
- police
- people whose job is to stop crime
- event
- something that happens
- world war
- a huge war with many countries
- upset
- feeling sad or angry
- burned
- was destroyed by fire
- happy
- feeling good
- France
- a country in Europe
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1. At a high school in Lyon 2. Eight 3. True
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