3 story, 12 unit apartment building destroyed by high winds in Roanoke, Va
Storms … high winds, rain and hail blew through Roanoke this evening andleft a trail of debris behind. Around 2pm this evening we received a call that a roof had blown off a building … yea right. We...
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It happens more often than not here lately but yesterday, all HELL broke loose! Severe thunder storms hit the valley yesterday evening and lightning strikes, flash flooding and working fires soon...
View ArticleLine Of Duty Death (LODD) #46, 3rd in Va.
According to the US Fire Administration’s web site, Lt. John Echternach Jr. of the Boones Mill Volunteer Fire Department became the 46th LODD in the United States and the 3rd from Virginia in 2012...
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Hurricane Sandy didn’t hit S.W. Virginia as hard as expected. We were fortunate. Not all of the East coast was. I would not have bet on her missing us. Like the hurricane, everything was in place for...
View ArticleWorking fire! 3 firefighters injured, 3 civilians displaced, $225,000 in...
The fire was mainly contained to the "attic" area. Crews were met with high heat stretching in to the seat. The house had a slate roof on a steep pitch which made ventilating a little interesting.
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