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N.C. firefighters shot at while putting out motel blaze

By CARLA BAGLEY
Greensboro News-Record (North Carolina)

EDEN, N.C. — Someone shot at firefighters putting out a blaze at the Mar Gre Motel last week, and authorities said the fire that destroyed a portion of the motel still is being treated as arson.

Eden Fire Chief Doug Cline said in a news release that multiple gunshots were found in the windshields of two pieces of equipment used to put out the fire Wednesday.

The blaze started after firefighters had gone through a training exercise there earlier in the day.

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