Photo by Jorge Valencia | The Roanoke Times Firefighters inspect the rear of a duplex on West Cleveland Avenue after a fire burned through the first and second floors of the building Monday night.

Roanoke.com:

A two-story duplex in west Vinton was gutted by a blaze late Monday night, leaving three residents without a home and killing three pets.

Firefighters were called to the house on West Cleveland Avenue, near the Third Street intersection, at 10:45 p.m., the Roanoke County emergency dispatch office reported. When they arrived flames were shooting from the first and second floors, said fire department spokeswoman Jennifer Conley Sexton.

Continue Reading….(source) Vinton duplex fire displaces three, kills three pets – Roanoke.com.