Orchard Hills Public School: A rapidly spreading grass fire forces hundreds of children to evacuate from the school in western Sydney

Hundreds of children have been evacuated from a Sydney primary school after a fast-spreading grass fire threatened to engulf their school.

According to the rural fire department, a large fire broke out in Orchard Hills, about a kilometer from Orchard Public School, at 1:45 p.m. and burned west toward the elementary school.

Around 200 students from the school were reportedly taken to nearby Kingswood High School and parents were told to pick them up.

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