INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. — The Stallings Fire Department put out a fire at the Indian Trail Biscuitville in Union County around midnight on Monday, Oct. 6.

The Union County Fire Marshal's Office and the Union County Sheriff's Office began investigating the fire soon after.

The joint criminal investigation has shown the fire may have been caused by illegal fireworks set off by a group of people in the area between the Biscuitville and the Cook Out.

The fire started in the void space of the roof of the Biscuitville. Damages may have exceeded $250,000.

The Matthews, Bakers, Monroe and Hemby Bridge fire departments were alerted and also responded to the structure fire.

There were no reported injuries.

The sheriff's office asks anyone who may have been in the area around the time of the fire or

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