ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828NewsNow.com) — The Asheville Fire Department told 828NewsNow on Oct. 30 that a fire which severely damaged a building that the Salvage Station was preparing to make its future home was “human made.”
“The fire at 302 Lyman St. on April 23, 2026, has been determined to be human made. The investigation is ongoing,” the Asheville Fire Department said in an email.
The industrial building located at 302 Lyman St. was set to become the new home of the Salvage Station music venue. According to past 828NewsNow reporting, the blaze was reported around 11:10 p.m. April 23 at the former Asheville Waste Paper building on Lyman Street. Crews arrived to find a large structure fire with flames visible on the second floor and quickly shifted to a defensive strategy, deploying aerial apparatus to contain the fire.
The building had been identified in November 2025 as the future home of the Salvage Station, a popular Asheville music venue that was forced to relocate because of the Interstate 26 Connector project…