A house fire in Roanoke Sunday left $29,000 in damages, according to Roanoke Fire-EMS.

Two people have been forced from their home after a fire broke out in Southeast Roanoke Wednesday afternoon, according to Roanoke-Fire EMS.

Roanoke-Fire EMS has released more details about a fire in Southeast Roanoke Tuesday night.

Two were displaced and two kittens were rescued after a house fire in Northwest Roanoke, according to Roanoke-Fire EMS.

ROANOKE, Va. – One person’s life will likely never be the same after launching an illegal firework in Roanoke on Wednesday. On July 15, Roanoke Fire-EMS crews responded to a call for a traumatic injury and arrived to find a person who they said had sustained a significant injury from improperly using an illegal firework. The injury will likely result in permanent disfigurement to the patient’s injured extremities, according to Roanoke-Fire EMS. The City of Roanoke E-911 Center has recorded 91 calls for fireworks since July 5. In Virginia, it is illegal to possess, use, store, sell, or handle any firework that explodes, rises into the air, travels laterally, or fires projectiles into the air.

Published: May 20, 2020, 10:44 pm Updated: May 21, 2020, 6:00 amROANOKE, Va. May 21, 5:30 a.m. updateCrews have responded to a third swift-water rescue in Roanoke. Authorities say around 1:20 a.m., Roanoke Fire-EMS crews responded to a car stuck in flooded waters in the 1600 block of 13th street. When units arrived, they say they found one person in the car, who was then rescued by swift water crews. Original storyCrews with Roanoke Fire-EMS were called to the scene of two swift-water rescues on Wednesday night. First, at 9:20 p.m., a person got trapped in their car after they drove around barricades at the intersection of Bennington Street and Pike Lane, according to Roanoke Fire-EMS.