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2-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Valley View Elementary School

DENVER (CBS4) - Firefighters from several agencies were working on a fire inside a north Denver elementary school Wednesday morning. A second alarm was confirmed by a spokesperson for Adams County Fire Rescue, the lead agency on the incident.

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Firefighters were searching the inside of the building while attacking the fire, said Julie Browman of ACFR.

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First reports of the fire were radioed in about 7:50 a.m.

The school, Valley View Elementary School, is part of the Mapleton Public Schools system. It is located at 660 70th Street and has been vacant for a year.

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School officials said they were planning to rebuild on the school site this summer.

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