Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail Reidsville, NC – Arson fire at Food Lion grocery store suppressed by sprinkler system February 24, 2017 viking210 Two fires ignited in Reidsville businesses on Saturday, Feb. 18, but officials say there is no connection … Less than 22 hours later, at 11:24 p.m., Reidsville Police, Reidsville Fire and the Rockingham County Fire Marshal’s Office responded to Food Lion in reference to a fire. Inside, officials found a man actively damaging property. The suspect was taken into custody and transported to Annie Penn Hospital, according to a news release. Harris said a suspect broke a window, entered the store, caused damage and used a lighter to ignite paper products on aisle eight, including toilet paper and paper towels. This set off two overhead sprinklers which suppressed the fire. There was limited fire damage to the building. The officials arrived at 11:28 p.m. and the situation was under control by 11:37 p.m.
