Firefighters from three counties battled a blaze at a Long View business Wednesday afternoon.

Reports say the fire broke out at HSM Solutions Foam and Wood Fabrication – initially beginning as a dustbin fire on the roof of the business around Noon.

The fire was reportedly extinguished just before 2:30 with some 40 firefighters on scene.

Several Catawba County fire departments fought the blaze, with assistance from Caldwell County, and Icard Fire and Rescue from Burke County.

No reported injuries, and no word on the cause of the fire.

The Catawba County Fire Marshal’s office is investigating.

A domestic dispute leads to charges for a couple of Marion residents.

Reports with the McDowell Sheriff’s Office say 40-year-old David Alan Watts was charged with assault on a female, while 34-year-old Amanda Nicole Smith was charged with assault with a deadly weapon.

Deputies responded to a reported domestic between the two, when officers discovered Smith had hit Watts with her truck, and Watts had also assaulted Smith.

According to reports, deputies searched Watts before his entry into the jail, and located a Bible he had stolen from the magistrate’s office.

Watts was wanted in Tennessee also for multiple felony charges.

State health officials confirm at least 25 people in WNC have now tested positive for Legionnaires disease, and one infected person has died.

An investigation is currently underway to determine where these patients came in contact with the dangerous bacteria.

So far, the common denominator appears that those infected attended the Mountain State Fair in Fletcher.

Health officials report 15 confirmed cases in Buncombe County, including one fatality; Haywood and Transylvania counties each reported two cases, and Henderson County reported six cases.

Reports further state there have been 22 hospitalizations from the outbreak, with the patients ranging in age from 37 to 90; with more than half males.

The Centers for Disease Control says sources of infection can be anything that takes water and turns it into water droplets, like steam from a hot tub or mist from a cooling tower – both of which were at the Fletcher fair.

State fire officials worry the upcoming fall fire season could be similar to the one experienced in 2016 when tens of thousands of acres burned in the Southeast.

From late October through November 2016, wildfires burned more than 55-thousand acres in WNC.

That’s also when 14 people died in fires raging in Gatlinburg.

NC Forestry officials say the recent hot dry weather places our region in a potentially high risk area for fire; especially during dry windy days.

Officials are saying conditions will certainly worsen as the leaves come down, and there is no rainfall.

Fire officials report no burning bans are in place yet, but they discourage residents from burning until there is some rain.

They stress though if an individual chooses to burn, have a phone nearby in case the fire gets out of hand.

Local, state, and federal officials are working to monitor drought and potential fire conditions.