An aggressive fire took over JoAnn Leleck Elementary School Tuesday night in Silver Spring, Maryland, lasting 14 hours. Montgomery County firefighters said that the closed school was in the process of being demolished before the fire broke out at 9 p.

Retirement had to wait for a veteran fire chief who was was active in suppressing a massive blaze that broke out overnight in Montgomery County. A massive two-alarm fire erupted at a vacant Maryland elementary school scheduled to be demolished later this year and replaced with a new building.

A massive fire that consumed a vacant elementary school in Silver Spring overnight continues to burn Wednesday morning. The cause of the fire remains unknown.

After more than eight hours since a fire broke out at the Joann Leleck Elementary School on Tuesday night, crews are still working to extinguish the blaze Wednesday morning. The large fire has caused major damage,