Suspected Arson Ravages Historic Washington School


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"It's just scary.

We have to protect our kids," Rosey Lata tells KOMO.

Lata's three daughters attended the former Southern Heights Elementary School in Burien, Wash., which was closed a few years ago due to low enrollment, but still hosts about 100 students and staff from two separate schoolsthe Highline Virtual Academy and Innovation Heights Academyduring the school year.

The district's communications officer says they've already been in touch with the district's insurance adjuster, who walks through the building when it's safeto see what needs to be done.

The sign on the front of the building reads "'1955,'" but her husband told KOMO that the school existed long before thatin a building he described as being a barn.

The couple also told KOMO that their children went to that school.

King County Fire District #2 Battalion Chief Joe Kupferling upgraded the fire to a two-alarm Wednesday morning.

Firefighters reported no injuries from this fire.

Kupferling said there were at least two other fires in the area overnight as well: one in a box truck and another in a school dumpster, in the Burien and Normandy Park areas of the county.Burned brush and other

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