Investigators continue to look into a suspicious fire that destroyed an old grocery store building in Lincoln County Tuesday night.
Fire crews responded to the abandoned grocery near the intersection of US-27 and KY-50, in the Kings Mountain area, around 9 p.m. Firefighters say the building was completely engulfed when they arrived. It took crews about an hour to get the fire knocked down.
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There were no reported injuries.
Officials say the 60-year-old building was in the process of being torn down and there was no electric service hooked up. They say there have been several reports of illegal burns in the area and a few arson investigations remain open. According to a report in the Interior Journal, a witnesses told firefighters they heard some loud pops and saw a white pickup truck leave the area shortly before the fire started.
