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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- The DC Fire and EMS Department has changed its plans for providing a reading room for children following the fire at the Georgetown Library. According to spokesman Tony Dorsey, plans are being finalized to let the community use a portion of the recently renovated Tenleytown Firehouse on Wisconsin Avenue.
The Georgetown Firehouse on Dent Place had originally been identified as the site for the temporary reading room. As 9NEWS NOW first reported on Thursday, that firehouse is in such disrepair it created many challenges in trying to turn it into a place where the public could gather.
9NEWS NOW discovered a leaky toilet that firefighters say has compromised a portion of the ceiling and floor above where the children would have gathered. Large areas of paint and plaster from walls is peeling. A portion of the concrete floor is crumbling. There is also soot on the walls that firefighters say comes from the lack of a ventilation system to handle exhaust from the fire trucks.
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