Share Strip mall burns down in Lynchburg (Forest), VA 6-20-09 VAFireNews.com covered this story here and here. ... Read More »

Share This video is of a car fire at the Mill Mountain Star in Roanoke City on July 19, 2009. ... Read More »

Share This video is of a garage fire at a house in Roanoke City ... Read More »

Share Video from the news about a house fire in Augusta County. ... Read More »

Share Updated: 2144 hours on July 31 to add cover photo from RoanokeFirefighters.com Courtesy of Mike Overacker. View more photos from the scene here. Also you can view a slideshow on the Roanoke Times Website here. Updated: 1642 hours – added 5 pictures located at the bottom of the post! Photos by Chris Tusing. Updated: 1131 hours scroll down [...]... Read More »

Share By Becky Robinette Wright The skies were threatening,the humidity oppressive and the tones sounded dispatching Chesterfield Engine and Medic 15 on July 26 around 2:15 p.m. for a dirt bike crash. The call was at Kingsland and Salem Church roads. Also dispatched on the call were the TSO and county police. The victim was discovered lying in a field. After [...]... Read More »

Share WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Williamsburg firefighters, along with crews from several jurisdictions spent all of Tuesday morning battling flames at the Williamsburg Shopping Center on Richmond Road. Investigators believe the fire may have started inside “Sal’s By Victor”  pizza shop just after 1am. “A passerby spotted the smoke and called 911,” Williamsburg Fire Dept. Spokesman Eric Stone [...]... Read More »

Share Lynhcburg, VA – Fifty years is a long time for any business to be around. A volunteer fire department is celebrating that milestone this year. The Lyn-Dan Volunteer Fire Department has been around since 1959, and they are holding a big celebration on October 3rd. Read the entire story and video Fire Department Turns 50|ABC 13. ... Read More »

Share Hey there readers of VAFireNews.com. You don’t always hear from me, but I like to send out a little ditty to you all every once in a while from the headquarters of Prinston Media (basically wherever my laptop is sitting at that given time). I have a twitter account ( @FireFleitz ). The account is used [...]... Read More »

Share Read the previous story run on VAFireNews.com here including videos from Youtube. Submitted by Lt. Shawn L. Jones Richmond—On July 23, at 1456 hours Richmond Fire & Emergency Service was dispatched to the area of Hermitage and Leigh St. As units were enroute they could see a large cloud of smoke from blocks away. Units [...]... Read More »