VALLEJO — An early-morning fire broke out Saturday at a former Vallejo elementary school closed nearly 40 years ago, the fire department said.
The Vallejo Fire Department said about 40 firefighters responded just before 1:30 a.m. to a two-alarm structure fire at the former Grant School located at 740 Fifth St. The fire was upgraded to a three-alarm fire around 7:30 a.m., officials said.
The department said the fire was brought under control overnight and there were no injuries as of 9 a.m. The cause of the fire was unknown at that time.
The city’s Public Works department brought out heavy equipment to the scene to help overhaul and mitigate areas with structural instability and uncover smoldering pockets of the damaged building, the department said.
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Firefighters from the Benicia Fire Department, Crockett-Carquinez Fire Protection District and American Canyon Fire Protection District assisted with the response.
The school was closed in June 1989, according to the California Department of Education. The city of Vallejo explored purchasing the shuttered site from the Vallejo Unified School District in 2023 and possibly turning it into a fire station, according to city council records.
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