Old Bassett Furniture Plant Catches Fire

March 29, 2012  by in UnCategorized   

By Aggregated Content in Case Goods on March 30, 2012 from http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/306829

The old Bassett Superior Lines furniture plant plant in the 2600 block of Fairystone Park Highway in Bassett, Va., caught fire Thursday evening, threatening a nearby furniture warehouse and spawning brush fires.

"The building was under demolition, however, it was adjacent to a building that's not," said Rodney Howell, Henry County's director of public safety. Bassett Furniture Central Warehouse No. 2 next door was not damaged, he added. The fire started about 6 p.m. and was contained before 9:30 p.m. Fairystone Park Highway, Riverside Drive and

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