McDonough, School and Church facility suffers damage from fire.

Units of the Henry County Fire Department and McDonough Fire department respond to a large fire that severely damaged the Closer Look Christian Academy, located on International Avenue, around 1:30 p.m. Saturday.The school’s Chancellor says she got an alarm call and rushed to the school to investigate. When she opened the door, thick smoke came pouring out of the building and she says she saw flames coming from a back classroom.

The interior of the school is heavily damaged. The upper floor has collapsed down into the first floor. School officials say no one was injured in the fire.

Forty students attend classes at the school, which has been in the same building for five years. The building also houses worship services on Sunday mornings.

School Officials said “We’re trying to find a new space, school building. We’ve shut school down Monday and Tuesday to work out something. We don’t know if we can rebuild or what at this point,”

The fire chief says they have yet to determine how the fire started, but it was not suspicious.

The school believes it may have been electrical.

The Henry County Fire Marshal will investigate on Monday or early in the week.