THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, December 15, 1994            TAG: 9412150474
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   20 lines

FIRE GUTS 2 ROOMS IN PORTSMOUTH MOTEL; DAMAGE $10,000

Portsmouth firefighters extinguished a fire at the London Boulevard

Inn, at London Boulevard and Broad Street, on Wednesday morning. The

fire, reported at 9:40 a.m. and believed to have started in a

mattress, damaged two rooms and caused smoke and water damage

elsewhere in the two-story motel. The occupant of the room where

the blaze started was not in at the time of the fire. Damage was

estimated at $10,000; the cause of the fire is being investigated.

by CNB