Commercial Structure Fire – 10700 block Jefferson Ave
UPDATE: As an update to the fire this morning in the Ivy Farms - 10700 Jefferson Ave – the investigators have determined that the fire was an arson and the investigation is ongoing. No other details are being released at this time.
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Commercial Structure Fire – 10700 block Jefferson Ave
NEWPORT NEWS, VA, December 21, 2009
The Newport News Fire Department responded to a commercial structure fire in the Ivy Farms Shopping Center in the early morning hours of Monday, December 21, 2009. The NNFD received the call at 3:04 AM, and upon arrival at 3:10 AM, the first NNFD unit found a smoke showing from the right-end of the shopping center. Fire fighters entered the structure and found that the fire had burned itself out. Salvage and overhaul operations were conducted and the scene was cleared at 6:57 AM. The fire was confined to the bar and office area of the vacant business formally known as TG’s Saloon. Investigators from the Fire Marshal’s Office are currently on scene and the fire is still under investigation.
The business was equipped with smoke detectors that were operational upon the NNFD’s entry. The Newport News Fire Department wants to reiterate the life saving value of properly installed and operable smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors in the home. The NNFD will install free smoke alarms for any
Contact information
Robert Craft, Assistant Fire Chief
(757) 969-1800 (office)
