‘No one deserves this’: Portsmouth business owner trying to bounce back after fire destroys newly-opened shop

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A Portsmouth business owner is trying to bounce back after an early morning fire Monday.

According to Portsmouth Fire, at 5:49 a.m. Monday, crews from Portsmouth Fire Rescue & Emergency Services, Navy Regional Mid-Atlantic Fire Rescue and Chesapeake Fire Department responded to a report of a commercial structure fire in the 3900 block of George Washington Highway at Dan the Piercing Man Tattoo and Body Piercing, a new business that owner Daniel Steele had recently opened.

Crews were able to get to contain the fire and announced it under control at around 6:13 a.m…

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