How this Mass. robotics team is persevering after heroics put out school fire [Video]

Pentucket Regional Middle High School will welcome students back Wednesday after the building closed for two days following a small fire.The fire, which broke out in the West Newbury school’s auditorium Saturday morning, was quickly put out by the school’s robotics team, who was praised for their heroics. “You’re never really prepared for walking into the next room and seeing a fire indoors,” engineering and robotics teacher Mo Elhelw said. “The students and the mentors were really ready to step up and address the situation.”However, the quickly extinguished fire will have some negative effects on the team. “We’re losing one of six weeks of build season,” Elhelw said. “It’s a big setback,” junior and robotics team member Nicholas Souliotis said. “But we’re going to work throughout.”Sophomore and club leader William Wallace says he already has a plan.”One of our courses of action is actually adding meeting time. The current schedule …