Answer:
They notice that the church was on fire and some school children were trapped inside.
Step-by-step explanation:
"The Outsiders" is a novel written by S. E. Hinton published when she was 18 years old in 1967. It is a teenaged story with no prominent adult figures in the novel. In the novel, Ponyboy Curtis is the narrator, who is a member of "greasers" gang. The novel unfolds the story of two weeks of the life of the narrator. They had a rivalry gang "socs". After the death of Bob, who was a member of socs gang, the gang gets escalated. When Johnny and Dally decide to take the boys back home they turn back to Jay Mountain, where they were staying in an abandoned church and notice that the church was on fire and some school children were trapped inside.