Massachusetts

Firefighters battle blaze in former school building in Waltham

The state sold the property to the city after the last resident left in 2014

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Firefighters battled a blaze at the old Fernald school property in Waltham, Massachusetts, on Saturday.

The fire was reported shortly after 10 a.m. at 200 Trapelo Road, the address of the former Fernald State School.

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The Cambridge Fire Department was one of several from neighboring communities that helped put out the fire.

No one was hurt, state fire officials said.

The Walter E. Fernald State School opened in 1888, serving children with developmental disabilities. According to a GBH story last year, the city had been planning to redevelop the 200-acre property, adding a skating park, ampitheater, gardens and more. The state sold the property to the city for $3.7 million after the last resident left in 2014.

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