Danville fire ruled arson at Cabin Lake Apartments

5:00 p.m.

By Danville Register & Bee

Thursday morning’s fire at Cabin Lake has been ruled an arson, Danville Assistant Fire Marshal Richie Guill reported. Firefighters responded to the fire shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday morning, where first-arriving units reported heavy fire at 100 Cherokee Court.

The fire started on a deck outside the structure. Either a white male or a light-skinned black male wearing dark clothes and possibly a white hood was seen leaving the area just before the fire was discovered. That suspect was last seen walking toward Piney Forest Road.

At 7:30 a.m., Thursday, Danville Fire Capt. F.G. Ferguson issued a news release that said there was moderate damage to the complex, which was unoccupied and under renovation at the time of the fire. Damage estimates have since been updated to “heavy.“

No injuries have been reported.

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8:21 a.m.

By WSLS News Staff

The Danville Fire Department is looking for what sparked a house fire early Thursday morning.

It happed around 3:45 a.m. in the 100 block of Cherokee Court.

When crews arrived they found fire coming from the building.

No one was inside and no one was hurt.

The fire department says the building was under renovation.