Funeral arrangements have been set for Dylan Moore, according to Wrenn Clarke & Hagan Funeral Service.
Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home on Fifth Street in Roanoke Rapids and funeral services will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at the Roanoke Rapids Theatre. Burial will follow at Shiloh United Methodist Church in Gaston.
The Gaston Volunteer Fire Department was returning to the scene today to determine what caused a fire which destroyed a house on Stone Street Friday.
Deputy Chief Ed Porter Sr. told The Spin this morning no one was at home when fire broke out shortly before 2 p.m.
Three firefighters were taken to Halifax Regional Medical Center in Roanoke Rapids where they were treated and later released for heat exhaustion. There was one from Garysburg, Lester Greenwood, and two from Gaston, Jay Barnes and Brian Powers. Several other firefighters were treated at the scene and one firefighter, Michelle Otten, received a minor injury, Porter said.
“It was the turnout gear and the extreme heat,” Porter said. “It wasn’t so much the heat from the fire as it was the humidity and heat.”
Firefighters spent most of the afternoon battling the blaze, finally clearing around 5:30 p.m. More than 20 firefighters from Gaston, Garysburg and Roanoke Rapids fought the fire.
When firefighters arrived flames were coming out the windows. It appears the fire started in the back of the house.
The initial dispatch indicated someone was in the house. The man who lives there with his wife, Phillip Amyx, was not at home. His wife is out of town. Porter said firefighters believe the family did lose two small dogs in the fire.
While no monetary damage estimate was immediately available, Porter said the house was a total loss. The house next to it sustained radiation damage.
Porter said nothing stood out on what might have caused the fire.
Fire has gutted a house on Stone Street in Gaston. Firefighters were searching the house to determine whether anyone was in there with help from the Roanoke Rapids Fire Department, which brought a thermal imaging camera.
Garysburg Volunteer firefighter Lester Greenwood was overcome by heat and was treated at the scene.
It is not clear what caused the fire.
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following on Wednesday:
A Roanoke Rapids woman was charged yesterday for allegedly stealing Xanax from the drug store where she used to work.
Roanoke Rapids Police Chief Jeff Hinton said Lindsey Godsey, 25, a former employee of CVS, was charged with possession of stolen property, embezzlement of a controlled substance by a registrant, felony possession of schedule IV and larceny by employee.
She was released from custody on $10,000 bond.
Hinton said the arrest stems from several months of investigation and the matter remains under investigation.
