Arson Charge for VA Pet Store Employee
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Posted: 12:20 PM Nov 18, 2009
Arson Charge for VA Pet Store Employee
ROANOKE, Va. (AP)
An employee has been charged with arson in a weekend fire at a Roanoke pet store that caused about $2 million in damage.
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An employee has been charged with arson in a weekend fire at a Roanoke pet store that caused about $2 million in damage.

Roanoke Fire Department spokeswoman Tiffany Bradbury said 18-year-old Corey Brian Hite of Ivanhoe in Wythe County was arrested Tuesday.

She says firefighters were called to the PetSmart store Saturday afternoon and found thick smoke coming from the store.

No one was injured, and all the animals were evacuated safely.

Shoppers in an adjacent Target store also were evacuated.

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