The chief worry, one resident said, is the fire s cause: A downed power line electrified cable-TV coaxial wires, which melted and burned like “a lit fuse traveling toward your house.”
Massive fire damages three homes in Roanoke The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. (Source: Roanoke Fire Department) By WDBJ | May 13, 2021 at 12:46 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 1:05 PM
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - A massive fire damaged three homes in Roanoke Thursday morning.
Crews were called to the 100 block of 10 1/2 Street SE around 8:30 a.m. for a two-alarm fire. At the time, a large column of smoke could be seen from miles away. Roanoke fire (Source: Roanoke Fire Department)
Crews said two neighboring homes and two vehicles also sustained heat damage from the fire.
While the homes were occupied at the time of the fire, it is currently unknown how many people evacuated and/or were hurt.
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I said awe man, I m closed. He goes We ll take anything. What do you think you can do? I think I ve got some turkey in the walk-in. I can get it warmed up and put it on the pit and make y all some sandwiches. He goes Yeah, that s good. We ll take it.
Sedino did not take any payment for the meal he delivered. If we get paid it s a bonus. But it wasn t our intent. We did it out of the need. Somebody literally called me, they had my cell phone number. They knew they could count on me. I m like, I m not gonna let em down, he said.
Courtesy | Huntington County Emergency Management Agency
Crews worked through the night late Monday and early Tuesday to contain 3,000 gallons of leaked fuel at the Lassus Handy Dandy on U.S. 24 in Roanoke. Previous Next
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Crews curtail Huntington Co. spill
JAMIE DUFFY | The Journal Gazette
Several emergency agencies worked nearly 12 hours to contain a 3,000-gallon fuel spill into the Little Wabash River in Huntington County.
About 11:15 p.m. Monday, a fuel delivery truck hit a parking bollard as the truck pulled into the Lassus Handy Dandy gas station at First Street and U.S. 24 in Roanoke. When the truck s safety valve failed, gasoline spilled, entering storm sewers, Roanoke Town Marshal Jim Wood said.