JoAnn Leleck Elementary School was being demolished to make way for a new, larger building. More than 75 firefighters in Montgomery County battled a large blaze Tuesday night and early Wednesday at a closed elementary school that had been scheduled for demolition, according to the fire department.

Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at the closed JoAnn Leleck Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Tuesday night.

A two-alarm fire broke out at the construction site of Joann Leleck Elementary School at Broad Acres, located on Beacon Road near Northampton Drive, late Monday afternoon, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services.

Retirement had to wait for a veteran fire chief who was was active in suppressing a massive blaze that broke out overnight in Montgomery County. A massive two-alarm fire erupted at a vacant Maryland elementary school scheduled to be demolished later this year and replaced with a new building.

A fire broke out at an elementary school in Montgomery County on Tuesday night. First responders with Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) responded to Joann Leleck Elementary School in the 700 block of Beakon Road shortly after 9 p.