VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Crews with the Tacoma Fire Department (TFD) responded to a large fire at the former Gault Middle School early Wednesday morning. Residents in the area were asked to keep doors and windows closed to avoid any smoke coming from the large fire. The school, located on the 1100 block of E Division Ln in Tacoma, closed in 2009.
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The man who investigates and helps prevent destructive fires in Chelan County will leave that office in mid-January. Stephen Rinaldi has been county fire marshal since January 2022, after six months as deputy to then-Fire Marshal Bob Plumb. He previously held the marshal's post in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
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VIDEO: The former Gault Middle School in Tacoma is on fire early Wednesday morning. The Tacoma Fire Department (TFD) responded to the building at around 4 a.m. Crews chose not to go inside because the building has been designated as "dangerous and derelict." The fire department has responded to multiple fires at this building since it was vacated over a decade ago.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2024 12:53:38 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

The former Gault Middle School in Tacoma is on fire early Wednesday morning. The Tacoma Fire Department (TFD) responded to the building at around 4 a.m. Crews chose not to go inside because the building has been designated as "dangerous and derelict." The fire department has responded to multiple fires at this building since it was vacated over a decade ago.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

There has been a barrier-breaking first on Long Island. On Tuesday, a fire department created back in 1898 swore in its first Afro/Latino fire commissioner. In a very diverse community, African-American leaders say that's reason to celebrate. Rasheen "Roc" Williams' extended family and his fire department family applauded him in a historic first.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York