VIDEO: Lynn-Urquides Elementary is looking for answers after their student’s playground was destroyed.
“So first was shock and then anger that someone would do this to my elementary kiddos,” says principal Marisa Salcido.
When she discovered the playground’s damage, all she thought about were her students. While some students are doing in-person learning now, the majority will return next month.
Salcido says the children “were very sad knowing they will be on time, full-time come March and they don’t have play equipment to play on.”
The fire destroyed a play gym with a rock climbing and rope climbing wall. Burn marks were also found under another piece of equipment where fire melted a set of stairs leading to a slide.
The Tucson Police Department says right now they believe the fire was intentionally set. Currently there are no suspects and there is no estimate dollar amount on the damage.