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Massive Beckley fire one year later

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RALEIGH COUNTY -

Today marks the one year anniversary of the massive fire that destroyed two buildings in Uptown Beckley. It happened right on the corner of Neville and Heber Street.

The fire caused about a million dollars in damage. The Beckley Fire Chief described this fire as the worst he's ever had to put out.

The fire took more than 8 hours to put out. He relives that day for us.

"The fire that happened Uptown last year was a career event. One of the reasons it was a career event was because of the large loss. But also because the weather conditions were just so bad. The temperature felt like single digits and the wind was blowing constantly, we had gusts up to 30 miles an hour, it was just an awful night for firefighting," said Beckley Fire Chief Billie Trump.

The fire was deemed an accident and no one was injured.