Police are not sure what sparked the blaze, and say no one else was injured. Meanwhile, authorities are continuing their investigation. Walking the Beat Roanoke County is one of only three law enforcement agencies to use a crime scene mapping system. The state of the art equipment enables officers to collect more evidence in less time. This is the new way to investigate traffic accidents.
Most agencies get out measuring tapes and begin the time consuming task of documenting the scene.
The coordinates collected at the scene are down loaded into a computer. A donation from The Catawba Valley Moose Lodge enabled the Roanoke County Police Department to purchase the equipment which prompts other agencies to call on these officers for state of the art crime scene documentation. When the news continues we'll tell you why organizers believe numbers fell this year. But, first let's check in with Andrew. Local organizers say weather may have been a factor for the low turnout.