In the 1990–91 school year, St. Peter Chanel had a fire in its chemistry laboratory. According to the Bedford Fire Department, there was $250,000-500,000 of fire damage. Fire departments from Bedford, Maple Heights, Bedford Heights and Garfield Heights responded to the fire. This led to the creation of the Chagrin-Southeast Hazmat unit. The school had to be renovated due to this. The lobby, chemistry laboratory and library were damaged. Many of the library's books had to be frozen to dry them out.