A fire damaged the former Benny's store on Taunton Avenue (Route 44) Thursday morning, shutting down the busy road as fire crews laid fire hose across it to reach a fire hydrant. The fire was reported just before 7:30 a.m. at the store located near the East Providence line. Arriving firefighters found smoke and sparking electrical wires and traced the apparent cause to electricity feeding into the building. Firefighters shut a generator off and opened up part of the roof, and officials reported the fire out by around 8 a.m. National Grid responded to the scene and Attleboro, Rehoboth and East Providence firefighters assisted there or covered the fire station.