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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON KEPT FIRE CREWS FROM GRANVILE, WESTOVER, AND STAR CITY BUSY WITH TWO REPORTED STRUCTURE FIRES. THE FIRST CALL CAME IN JUST BEFORE 11:00 A.M. AT A HOUSE ON 389 RIVERVIEW AVE. IN WESTOVER. FIRST UNIT ON SCENE ENG.173 REPORTED NOTHING SHOWING. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION CREWS FOUND THAT A POWER LINE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A T.V. CABLE CAUSING A SMALL FIRE. DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE SECOND CALL, AT 16:00 HOURS, SENT CREWS TO THE BIG LOTS DEPARTMENT STORE AT 902 FAIRMONT ROAD. FIRST UNIT ON SCENE 23-1 REPORTED NOTHING SHOWING. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION CREWS ENCOUNTERED LIGHT SMOKE IN THE WAREHOUSE OF THE STORE. THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS BELIEVED TO BE A BUILD UP OF DUST ON TWO OF THE STORES INSIDE HEATING UNITS. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES REPORTED. CREWS ARE BRACING FOR ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH FORECASTERS PREDICTING MORE HEAVY SNOW FOR NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
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