Officials to Assess Fire at Elementary School in Richmond

Officials to Assess Fire at Elementary School in Richmond
In this grab taken from video, bystanders watch as fire and smoke rise from the William Fox Elementary School, in Richmond, Va., on Feb. 11, 2022. Lauren Serpa via AP
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RICHMOND, Va.—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. Officers arrived and encountered heavy smoke coming from the top floor of the school above the main entrance.