(Update 8/24 9am) (update) One person has been hospitalized with serious injuries following that house fire yesterday in the 15 hundred block of Andrews Road in Northwest Roanoke. When they arrived on scene, emergency crews found heavy smoke coming from the basement. No word on a possible cause. One person was transported to the hospital with serious injuries; a dog perished in the fire. The cause of the fire is undetermined at this time; damages to the home and its contents are now estimated at $40,000.

One person has been hospitalized with serious injuries following a house fire this morning in the 15 hundred block of Andrews Road in Northwest Roanoke. When they arrived on scene, emergency crews found heavy smoke coming from the basement. No word on a possible cause.