Fire Damages S.W. Roanoke Church

April 17, 2007 Virginia - Wind whipped a three-alarm fire at midday Monday at the Trinity United Methodist Church on Mountain Avenue in Southwest Roanoke, but four adults in an annex escaped unharmed. A downed power line providing electrical service to the church started the blaze, according to fire officials. The Rev. Michael Logan, as well as a nearby neighbor and another church employee, credited the quick response of the Roanoke Fire-EMS Department with saving the church's circa-1902 sanctuary ...