A fire that caused minor damage at the former Koozies building in Mount Airy has been linked to homelessness.
Firefighters were dispatched to the site shortly before 6:45 p.m. Monday, concentrating their efforts on a portion of the structure fronting West Pine Street located diagonally across that roadway from Mill Creek General Store.
“We got on the scene and found flames and smoke showing from that Pine Street side,” Mount Airy Fire Chief Zane Poindexter said Tuesday of the large facility at 455 Franklin St. which also borders Pine and North South streets.
“They made an attack and got it knocked down pretty quickly,” Poindexter added regarding the efforts of fire personnel, which included the deployment of a ladder truck in case a large blaze infiltrating the roof had been encountered.