CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – UPDATE 12pm, 11/27: A Jackson-Via GoFundMe to help three teachers who lost their vehicles in a Monday morning school parking lot fire has exceeded its $9000 goal. As of 9 Wednesday morning, the donation total reached over $9200. School parents set up the fund, and although the goal is reached, there’s nothing wrong with far exceeding it.

UPDATE 6:10AM, 11/26: A group of parents has set up a GoFundMe for three teachers who lost their vehicles in Monday morning’s fire. “It’s the holiday season, and even if you can only give a little, every bit helps these educators feel valued for all they do to make our community a better place,” says the page. Click here to read and contribute.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – CvilleRightNow Editor-in-Chief Jaclyn Piermarini observed two cars that were burned, while Charlottesville Fire reports indicate that four cars were affected by a fire that broke out Monday morning in the Jackson-Via Elementary School parking lot off Harris Road during student drop-off. Charlottesville public safety’s Kyle Ervin reports no one was injured and the cause of the approximately 8am fire is under investigation. However, Piermarini says the apparent owner of a vehicle that completely burned out shared that she parked to drop her child off at school and apparently parked over a pile of leaves, which ignited underneath the hot engine. Firefighters blocked off a perimeter for most of the morning for fire extinguishment, investigation, and clean-up. CvilleRightNow.com will update information as it’s received.