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

DATE: THURSDAY, February 17, 1994                   TAG: 9402170163
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
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FOOD STORE GUTTED BY AFTERNOON BLAZE

Fire did extensive damage to the Stop In Food Store at 3809 Brambleton Avenue S.W. on Wednesday afternoon.

Steve Poff, a battalion commander with the Roanoke County Fire Department, said the blaze was contained to a rear portion of the building, but heavy smoke and heat ravaged the store's inventory.

The fire was caused when a baseboard heater ignited some paper and furnishings in the store's office, according to Don Gillispie, Roanoke County fire marshal.

by CNB