Brush fire destroys home in Rocky Mount
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ROCKY MOUNT, Va. (WDBJ) - A wind-driven brush fire destroyed a home in Rocky Mount Thursday, according to the Franklin County Department of Public Safety.
The fire was reported about 2 p.m. Thursday in the 1000 block of Diamond Avenue, with Rocky Mount Fire and other agencies fighting the fire. About two acres burned. The fire was out by 3:45 p.m., according to public safety officials.
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Diamond Avenue/Route 820 was closed during the firefight, in the vicinity of Friendly Street, but has been reopened.
No one was home when the fire broke out, according to Franklin County Public Safety.
There was another fire in Franklin County Thursday, in the Callaway area, that burned several acres, according to the county.
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