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Electrical panel fire causes $40,000 damage to home

SALEM – A house on Golf Colony Drive had extensive smoke damage this morning from a fire investigators say started in an electrical panel. Firefighters from Salem Fire & Emergency Medical Services found heavy smoke coming from the eaves of the home at 3164 Golf Colony Drive shortly before 8:25 a.m. Nov. 17. Crews found... »

$90,000 fire at Billy’s Barn traced to heating/air conditioning

HANGING ROCK – A fire that caused an estimated $90,000 to Billy’s Barn today has been traced to the recently opened restaurant’s heating and air conditioning system. Roanoke County fire investigators determined the Nov. 7 fire discovered by an employee shortly before 11:30 a.m. happened after a HVAC component failed, sparked material nearby and spread... »

Fire attacks Billy’s Barn restaurant

HANGING ROCK – Only months after it opened in the location where it was known for years, a fire broke out in Billy’s Barn Restaurant at Hanging Rock. Roanoke County firefighters responded at 11:25 a.m. today, after an employee called 9-1-1. The restaurant is normally closed on Mondays. There was no immediate word on how much... »

Downtown fire claims life; smoking listed as cause

NEW CASTLE – A New Castle woman died as the result of a Sept. 13 fire in her second-floor apartment, which investigators believe was caused by a cigarette. Friends are remembering Bonnie Williams as a thoughtful woman who was known for her chocolate fudge brownies. Williams, 62, died at the University of Virginia Medical Center on... »

House fire probably started near space heater

SALEM – Fire investigators have determined a blaze that heavily damaged a two-story home on Craig Avenue probably started from combustible things stored too close to a space heater. The woman who lived in the house at 733 Craig Ave. got out of the house safely, fire department personnel said, but was transported by family... »

Downtown New Castle building burns

NEW CASTLE – An apartment on the second floor of an old building in downtown New Castle burned this afternoon, and the woman who lived there was airlifted to the University of Virginia for burn treatment. Volunteer fire fighters were able to contain the fire and keep it from spreading beyond the building on Main... »

Fire claims 71-year-old Cave Spring man

The Roanoke County Fire Marshal’s Office, along with the Roanoke County Police Department, has concluded their investigation of the house fire early Friday morning, June 24 that ultimately killed a 71-year old man and displaced a woman. Investigators have determined that an electrical failure of an extension cord caused the fire. A working smoke detector... »

Rt. 311 reopens after fatal crash

ROANOKE  COUNTY – The road between Catawba and Craig County reopened early this afternoon, after a two-vehicle crash that killed one person and injured four others. Roanoke County Police said a Jeep and a pickup truck hit head around 9 a.m. today on Rt. 311, Catawba Valley Road, and the Jeep caught fire. Police said... »

County sees fire, then rain

CRAIG COUNTY – First it was fire. Then it was flood. It was a short-lived scare, but rising waters from weekend rains created concerns for a number of Craig County residents when Upper Craigs Creek swelled over the road that shares the name. On March 6, Chief Terry Brookman and other volunteers from the Upper Craigs... »

Sunday’s fundraiser will help Vinton family that lost everything

VINTON–More than a month has passed since Heather Vineyard’s home went up in flames one cool November night. Yet for her, the horror is fresh every singe day. She still can’t forget her teenage daughter standing in the middle of their street screaming, begging her to do something to stop the fire. And she... »