
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, September 20, 1994                   TAG: 9409220058
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
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BLAZE AT OFFICE WAREHOUSE BLAMED ON ELECTRICAL PROBLEM

An investigator said Monday that a Saturday morning fire at a Shenandoah Avenue office warehouse complex in Roanoke no longer is being considered suspicious.

``It looks at this time like it was an electrical fire,'' Roanoke Assistant Fire Marshal Jerry Percell said. He added that a final determination of the fire's cause will be made when he gets results of tests in about two weeks.

The fire started around 4:50 a.m. in the break area of First General Services of Roanoke, where there are several electrical appliances, Percell said.

The Roanoke company is part of a network of contractors who work for insurance companies repairing homes damaged by fire and other causes.

by CNB