EMILY CYR
WUSA9
Reprinted with Permission
WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) - DC Fire and EMS is working a 3-alarm fire at 7010 Piney Branch Road, which is the Takoma Educational Center
First units arrived to find heavy fire on the second and third floors of the school, and fire coming through the roof.
No students were in the school because if was closed for the holidays.
There are no reports of injuries but DC Fire and EMS spokesman Pete Piringer said damage will be heavy.
Piringer said a second alarm was dispatched because of the size of the school, and the call for third alarm was precautionary. Units responding to the third alarm staged nearby.
Piringer also said it looked like renovation work was being done in the area of the fire.