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Orange County Register of Deeds Office Closed Again After Fire

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 6, 2016 | Fire

The Orange County Register of Deeds Office will be closed once again Wednesday due to damage from a fire that may have started because of illegal fireworks. A release said that remains of bottle rockets were found on the roof of...

Bottle Rockets May Have Caused Fire at Gateway Center in Hillsborough

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 5, 2016 | Featured, Fire

Illegal fireworks may have ignited a fire that caused an estimated $30,000 in damage to a building in downtown Hillsborough on July 4. A release says remains of bottle rockets were found of the roof of the Gateway Center and in...

Early Morning Fire at La Res

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 12, 2016 | Featured, Fire

****UPDATE: La Res posted on Facebook on Monday that the restaurant would be closed for remodeling “until further notice” to repair damage to the kitchen.*** No injuries were reported after there was a fire at Chapel...

Bellevue Mill Fire Deemed ‘Suspicious’

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 26, 2016 | Featured, Fire

The fire at the Bellevue Mill in Hillsborough last week has been deemed “suspicious but undetermined,” the town announced Thursday evening. A release says a large amount of debris remains at the burned section of the mill....

Hillsborough Opens Investigation On Bellevue Mill Fire

Posted by Staff | May 24, 2016 | Fire

Hillsborough has opened an investigation into the cause of the Bellevue Mill fire that started Friday evening. Hillsborough Fire Marshal Jerry Wagner is seeking any photos taken from inside the weaving room of the former...

Hillsborough Mayor On The Bellevue Mill Fire

Posted by Staff | May 23, 2016 | Featured, Fire

A huge fire in Hillsborough over the weekend incinerated historic Bellevue Mill. Orange Rural Fire Department crews were called to the scene just before five o’clock on Friday. The roof of the historic mill collapsed less than...

Bellevue Mill Destroyed in Hillsborough Fire

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 21, 2016 | Featured, Fire

Crews are still working to extinguish all portions of a fire that destroyed a historic mill in West Hillsborough on Friday. Smoke poured out of the former Bellevue Manufacturing Company’s textile mill on Nash Street Friday...

Large Fire in West Hillsborough

Posted by Staff | May 20, 2016 | Fire

***UPDATE: Officials with the Town of Hillsborough say the building was destroyed in the fire but no injuries were reported.*** Crews responded to a large structure fire in West Hillsborough late Friday afternoon and into the...

Franklin St Lanes Reopened

Posted by Staff | Mar 4, 2016 | Fire

Multiple lanes were closed on Franklin St and Church St. The two east-bound lanes on W Franklin St were blocked. East-bound motorists were able to get by the area in the center-turn lane. Emergency crews were on the scene....

Fire Closes Rosemary Street Tuesday Afternoon

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 16, 2016 | Fire

Chapel Hill Fire crews responded to a report of an “explosion and vehicle fire” in the Wallace Parking Deck on East Rosemary Street on Tuesday. Crews were called to the scene just after 2:30 Tuesday afternoon. Officials say...

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