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Cellphone tower in Virginia goes up in flames

Posted at 11:04 AM, Jun 26, 2020
and last updated 2020-06-26 11:26:48-04

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. -- Investigators are looking into what sparked a fire that burned a tower in Hanover County on Thursday night.

The tower is a cellphone tower hidden within a structure that looked like a bell tower along the 9200 block of New Ashcake Road.

The fire was reported at about 11 p.m.

Fire crews said it did not take long to extinguish the fire and no one was hurt.

There were storms moving through Central Virginia Thursday evening.