Roanoke Rapids firefighters and the city's police department say the cause of a fire on Vine Street Wednesday night has been ruled as undetermined.
Fire department Battalion Chief Kevin Hawkins said this afternoon the origin of the fire was in the front living room of the house.
Captain Bobby Martin of the police department said the cause of the fire will go down as undetermined to whether it was a mishap or intentional.
Firefighters received the call shortly before 6 p.m. and arrived to find the front of the single-story house engulfed.
