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Officials to assess fire at elementary school in Richmond

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Published 9:34 pm

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Richmond Fire Investigations Unit are working to determine the cause and origin of a fire that engulfed William Fox Elementary School in Richmond. The Richmond Fire Department said in a post on Twitter that crews responded to a report of a building fire Friday at about 10:35 p.m. No injuries have been reported. Authorities say the fire was under control Saturday at 2:44 a.m. Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras asked on Twitter for people to keep the community in their prayers. The school was built in 1911 and has about 350 students.

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