NEWTON, N.C. — Firefighters were busy trying to put out a fire at a funeral home in Catawba County Friday morning.
Witnesses told Channel 9 smoke and flames could be seen shooting from the Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home on Northwest Blvd. in Newton.
Chopper 9 flew over the funeral home just after 11 a.m. and saw crews mopping up after they had extinguished the fire.
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Officials had to close U.S. 321 Business from West 8th Street to West 6th Street because of fire hoses across the road.
Investigators have not said how the fire started.
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