WEBVTT AND THE COMMUNITY’S REACTION. LARISSA: IT TOOK FOUR HOURS AND MORE THAN 50 FIREFIGHTERS TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES. THERE IS STILL A VERY ACTIVE SCENE GOING ON BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW. CREWS PUTTING OUT A HOT SPOT WE SAW SMOKING EARLIER. 100% OF THE BUILDING HAS SMOKE DAMAGE AND 30% OF THE ROOF IS DESTROYED. YOU CAN SEE BOOK SHELVES AND DESKS THROUGH THE BURNED WALLS, AND PARTS OF THE BUILDING ARE STILL SMOKING. PEOPLE WHO GRADUATED FROM THIS SCHOOL HAVE BEEN COMING BY ALL DAY, JUST STARING IN DISBELIEF. >> THE SCHOOL IS A BLAZE. LARISSA: AROUND 2:30 THIS MORNING, SOMEONE CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYING THEY SAW FLAMES COMING THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF THE OLD ENSLEY HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. >> VERY, VERY DEVASTATED BECAUSE THEY SAID MY SCHOOL WAS ON FIRE. MY SCHOOL? EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE MY SCHOOL IS. LARISSA: ONESHIA HUTCHINSON GRADUATED FROM THE SCHOOL IN 1974. >> IT’S HEARTBREAKING. I’VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SO MUCH THAT I DON’T WANT TO CRY ABOUT IT. LARISSA: FELLOW 1974 GRADUATE CARL VALENTINE FEELS THE SAME. >> IT’S JUST BEEN A PART OF MY FAMILY AND PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. LARISSA: IT TOOK 50 FIREFIGHTERS FOUR HOURS TO GET THE MASSIVE FIRE UNDER CONTROL. >> THAT WAS A HOT FIRE. THE BRICKS ARE EVEN BURNT. LARISSA: PATRICIA VINES IS A 1983 GRADUATE. SHE CAN’T IMAGINE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT THE SCHOOL STANDING TALL. >> DISBELIEF. IT WAS JUST AWFUL. I’M JUST SO SAD FOR EVERYBODY. LARISSA: ALUMNI, LIKE VINES, CAME TO THE SCHOOL TO PUT UP TRIBUTES. >> WE STILL HAVE OUR MEMORIES AND WE STILL HAVE OUR FRIENDSHIP. LARISSA: BUT THEY’RE STILL IN SHOCK THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE BUILDING. >> IT’S A SCHOOL THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED SCHOOL HERE. LARISSA: CLOSED IN 2006, AND HAS BEEN VACANT EVER SINCE. THIS DIVISION -- INVESTIGATORS