Early-Morning Fire Damages Virginia Market

Jan. 15--Fire damaged a Troutville market early this morning.

The Virginian Markette was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived around 4:30 a.m., said Scott Paderick, chief of the Troutville Volunteer Fire Department.

It took three hours to control the blaze, whose origin was unknown this afternoon, Paderick said.

Firefighters from the Blue Ridge, Read Mountain, Fincastle and Buchanan departments lent a hand. The county's ambulance squad was also present to assist.

Paderick said the building at 8591 Lee Highway, a former home converted to a retail business, had extensive damage. No one was injured and the Botetourt County Sheriff's Office was investigating, he said.