Just after 5 a.m. on Friday, the Troutville Fire Training Center in Botetourt County was severely damaged in a fire. The building, located next to the Troutville Fire Department, has long been used to train emergency responders across Southwestern Virginia.

The Troutville Fire Training Center was severely damaged in a fire Friday morning.

Fire crews responded to a Troutville dentist office on Tuesday evening.

ROANOKE, Va – All eyes are on the forecast as agencies across southwest Virginia prepare for what could be a weekend very impacted by winter weather. What happens before the storm can be just as important as what happens during the storm, according to Jason Bond with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). But the chilly temperatures southwest Virginia is seeing ahead of this weekend’s weather maker can complicate things. “The issue for us is really the temperatures when it gets to be below freezing and so cold. We can’t pretreat so in many counties, the storm we’re not going to be able to pretreat unless the conditions, really warm-up right before the storm,” Bond said.