The fire broke out early Tuesday, June 30 and was quickly upgraded to a five-alarm fire as flames tore through Lincoln Avenue School in a fire that forced the Milwaukee Fire Department out of the building. Lincoln Avenue School destroyed by fire CBS 58Rags soaked with those chemicals were placed into garbage cans. There is not a human being on earth that could have gotten all these buildings sprinklers in that time frame," said Lipski. Lincoln Avenue School destroyed by fire CBS 58In the meantime, MPS says the process for handling chemical-soaked rags has already changed. For Lincoln Avenue families, this school year is marked by the start of figuring out what comes next.