The Lake Country Fire Department responded to a fire in a science classroom at George Elliott Secondary School around 10 p.m. Friday night.
When crews arrived, there was light smoke in a hallway, and water coming out from under a classroom door.
Inside the classroom, they found a fire had started in a waste-paper basket and spread up a wall, setting off the automatic sprinklers.
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The classroom where the fire started sustained heavy smoke and water damage.
A classroom next door was also damaged, to a lesser extent.
A restoration company was called, and janitors at the school began the cleanup.
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Lake Country Fire Chief Steve Windsor said without the automatic sprinklers, the damage to the school would have been much worse.
The fire is not considered suspicious.
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