Blaze at old D.C. school A raging fire broke out late Monday in the building that housed the Webb elementary school in Northeast Washington, authorities said. The fire broke out a little after 11 p.m. at the building in the 1200 block of Mt. Olivet Road. The school was closed in 2009.The city had called a meeting earlier this year to hear public comments on proposals to designate the building as surplus property.