Second suspicious fire in seven months guts Gateway School building
Jul 23, 2008
A suspicious fire gutted the main building of the Gateway School in south Gilroy tonight. The blaze erased the rebuilding efforts that parents, teachers and administrators had launched since another suspicious fire gutted the same building just six months ago.
At 7:27 p.m., firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire at 7151 Hanna Street, near Glen View Elementary School, said Battalion Chief Phil King. The building, already heavily damaged from a January fire, was nearly destroyed by 8:30 p.m. Charred remains of the outer walls fell to the ground in clumps and only a skeleton of the building remained.
"It was going pretty good when we got here," King said.
In this video, we show you the fire and read highlights of the story.
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