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Early video & radio traffic: Vacant commercial building in Portsmouth, VA
Video and radio traffic from a fire Saturday evening at a vacant building on High Street in Portsmouth, Virginia. The video is from r1e4m4.
The fire sparked before 7 p.m. at a building located in the 1800 block of High Street, not far from I.C. Norcom High School.
Chief Jim Hoffler with the Portsmouth Fire Department told WAVY.com the building was under renovation, and was not open for business.
Fire investigators told WAVY.com they found a burn barrel near where the fire started, and said it was probably used by homeless people to stay warm.
Two nearby buildings were also damaged.
