Body found after fire in cave near downtown Roanoke<\/a><\/p>\nAlthough it’s tragic that a life was lost in this, I have to snarkily point out that the cave is across the street from the Western Sizzlin’ corporate headquarters. I’ll leave it to you to make an non-tasteful remark. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Who knew that Roanoke has burning downtown caves? Who knew Roanoke has burning downtown caves with bodies in them?<\/p>\n
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