CLEANUP OPERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AT A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA BUSINESS FOLLOWING A FIRE. THE BLAZE BROKE OUT YESTERDAY AT MXI’S MAUMEE EXPRESS FACILITY NEAR EXIT 22 OF INTERSTATE 81. THE BUSINESS, WHICH DISPOSES OF VARIOUS FLAMMABLE MATERIALS, WAS DISPOSING OF PAINT WHEN THEY HEARD A SOUND LIKE GUNFIRE AND THE MATERIAL BURST INTO FLAMES. THE BLAZE THEN SPREAD TO THE CEILING. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND DAMAGES TO THE BUSINESS WERE MINIMAL. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.