Wild Rose Elementary School in St. Charles caught fire Friday morning, eliciting a swift response from local emergency crews.

The fire was extinguished as of 1 p.m., and the building was not occupied by students at the time of the fire, according to district spokesman Jim Blaney.

“There were some teachers in the building at the time the fire started, but they left when the fire department arrived, and no one was hurt,” he said.

The blaze originated in a room adjacent to the school’s learning resource center/library. The district’s facilities staff said the fire might have started because storage boxes were stacked too high and too close to a water circulation pump. No damage estimates were available.

“I don’t know what to do now, this is horrible,” LRC director Corrie Ball said. “All of our technology is in the back, our computers and our iPads. The smoke damage to the books could be pretty awful.”

Blaney said Wild Rose will open Tuesday, as planned for the end of the winter break.