The Intelligencer
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Eighteen fire departments from Marshall, Wetzel, Belmont and Ohio counties responded to a structure fire on Jefferson Avenue in Moundsville on Friday. The fire destroyed five buildings inside a larger structure, including the Red Dragon Hybrid Tae Kwon Do martial arts school building.
No injuries were reported from the fire. The fire was contained in the larger structure and did not spread to the neighboring former Moose Lodge 1087 building, which incurred smoke damage from the fire.
Moundsville Fire Department Chief Gary Brandon said the cause of the fire was under investigation by the MFD and the State Fire Marshal as of Friday afternoon.
Brandon said the fire was called in at 9:40 a.m. and estimated that as of 3:30 p.m. on Friday, firefighters would be battling the blaze until “after dark.” Brandon said that the firefighters had the majority of the fire extinguished, with firefighters still targeting some of the hot spots in the building.
“We have called in an excavator that’s going to come in and start tearing the building down so we can reach areas we can’t get to right now,” Brandon said Friday.
