Operations & Training

2-Alarm Fire Breaks Out at Historic Charlotte, NC, School

Feb. 13, 2025

The Charlotte Fire Department found smoke coming from the roof of the Wilmore Elementary School, which was built 100 years ago.

Steven Shaw

Charlotte Fire Department firefighters are battling a 2-alarm fire at a historic school in west Charlotte this morning.

Queen City News reported that just before 8 a.m., CFD announced that they were responding to the Wilmore School on West Boulevard.

Crews arrived to find smoke coming from the roof. Soon after, a second alarm went out.

Queen Cith News also reported that this fire comes a little over two weeks after another 2-alarm fire at the forme r school that was built in 1925.

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Steven Shaw | Managing Editor, Firehouse.com

Steven Shaw is the managing editor of Firehouse.com. Shaw served as editorial director of the James H. Neal Award-winning “WTC: In Their Own Words” and “Hot Shots: Spectacular Fire Photos.” He previously served as editor-in-chief of Industrial Photography, The Commercial Image and Studio Photography and Design.