
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, May 24, 1990                   TAG: 9005240209
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: LEXINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

2 FIREFIGHTERS HURT BATTLING BLAZE AT FUNERAL HOME

A funeral home in the city's Diamond Hill neighborhood caught fire Wednesday, sustaining heavy damage before firefighters brought the blaze under control.

The fire, reported at 10:38 a.m., heavily damaged some vehicles as well as the floor and walls of J.B. Lewis Funeral Service on Randolph Street, said Lexington Fire Chief Kenneth Hall.

Hall said two firefighters were hurt battling the fire, one from breathing smoke and the other from contact with formaldehyde. Both were treated at Stonewall Jackson Hospital and released.

The fire at the funeral home in the historically black section of Lexington began in wiring in the basement ceiling, Hall said.

It took firefighters an hour to control the blaze, Hall said.

by CNB