Fire destroys Glencoe business

A early morning fire Tuesday destroyed a business owned by a former Glencoe police chief.  Johnny Chambers is currently on the city council.  His ornamental concrete shop, Main Street Bargin Central 'n' Concrete Creations, caught fire just after 4 a.m. Tuesday morning. A police officer out on patrol saw flames and called firefighters.  They needed support from Hokes Bluff and Gadsden to bring a ladder truck.  The back of the building became engulfed in flames and the roof collapsed.  Chambers and his wife Melissa opened the store five years ago.  When Chambers retired from the police department in 2011 after more than 25 years of service, the store became his full-time job.  An investigator from the Etowah County Arson Task Force reviewed the scene around noon Tuesday, but firefighters did not find anything immediately suspicious.  The cause is still under investigation, but Glencoe police chief Jonathon Horton does not think someone would target Chambers.