Fire Destroys Market: Electrical Short Circuit To Blame

February 17, 2007 Virginia - Fire destroyed a popular neighborhood market early this morning. Newport News fire officials determined that a short circuit in the lighting system caused the fire that gutted Game's Farmer's Market on Harpersville Road. The building was unoccupied. By late morning, Earl Game, 78, was standing in front of a pile of charred rubble that had been his store just a few hours earlier. "This was my dream, to have this store for my children," Game said. "If I can rebuild it ...