BURKE COUNTY, N.C. -- A large fire ripped through a popular flea market in Burke County, destroying six of its businesses.
County officials say it happened Saturday night at I-40 Flea Market in Valdese near Mile Marker 112 off I-40.
NBC Charlotte's crew at the scene saw the market's owner surveying the damages after firefighters took down the flames.
"[Here's] the roof that fell in," said flea market owner David McMaham. "There was a store there. There's nothing left there."
The cause of the fire was ruled as undetermined, but inspectors said the origin was in or around a trash can in front of unit 15. Officials did not say if anyone was hurt in the fire.
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