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District is removing product from 35 playgrounds after spontaneous fire.
Byline: Shirley Jinkins and Cynthia Neff
Aug. 14--ARLINGTON -- Arlington school officials are removing a widely used mulchlike product from 35 elementary school playgrounds after a spontaneous-combustion fire last week.
Fire officials said the sudden blaze originated Thursday afternoon in the soft wood fiber material underneath play structures at Beth Anderson Elementary School in east Arlington.
Engineered wood fiber is designed to cushion falls and is used at playgrounds in at least four area school districts and at parks in at least three Tarrant County cities.
In addition to Arlington, at least two school districts are considering replacing the wood chips on their playgrounds, school officials said.
Arlington Superintendent Mac Bernd said the district will replace all wood-chip surfaces with pea gravel within two weeks. The affected playgrounds -- at 20 of the district's 52 elementary schools -- will be blocked off and will have warning signs posted by the end of today, he said Monday at a news conference announcing the closings.
No children were at the playground when the fire started, he said.
"We can't take any chances," Bernd said. "That's why we're removing it and replacing it with pea gravel."
Bernd said the Anderson playground equipment, which was constructed of metal…
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