{"id":376581,"date":"2026-08-20T14:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/376581\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:22:11","slug":"crown-point-elementary-evacuated-after-electrical-fire-students-rerouted-to-mandarin-middle-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/376581\/","title":{"rendered":"Crown Point Elementary evacuated after electrical fire; students rerouted to Mandarin Middle School"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police officers huddle around police vehicles outside Crown Point Elementary School. (WJXT)<\/p>\n

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Crown Point Elementary was safely evacuated after a small electrical fire Thursday morning, according to Duval County Public Schools and the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.<\/p>\n

JFRD said the fire is under control. Initial observations indicate it may have been electrical.<\/p>\n

DCPS said parents of walkers and car riders should not send or drop off students at the school. Buses and students already on campus are being rerouted to Mandarin Middle School, where reunification will take place. Families are asked to await additional updates.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

About the AuthorsRichard Ochoa headshotRichard Ochoa<\/a><\/p>\n

Richard Ochoa is Manager of Content and Coverage at WJXT, where he leads multi\u2011platform strategy, elevates visual storytelling, and mentors journalists to deliver audience\u2011first coverage for Jacksonville and all of Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.<\/p>\n

Carlos Acevedo headshotCarlos Acevedo<\/a><\/p>\n

Carlos Acevedo is a photojournalist at WJXT News4Jax and a University of North Florida graduate with a degree in Communications, concentrating in Digital Video Production. Since joining News4Jax in 2024, he has been responsible for shooting compelling news stories that capture and share important events with the community. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police officers huddle around police vehicles outside Crown Point Elementary School. (WJXT) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Crown Point Elementary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1038,116,118,117],"class_list":["post-376581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-duval-county-public-schools","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}