Fire at vacant house considered suspicious

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Fire at vacant house considered suspicious
Story from the Youngstown Vindicator on 11/3/2006.

YOUNGSTOWN — A blaze that erupted Thursday evening in a vacant 11/2-story wood frame house at 572 E. Lucius Ave. is suspicious and appears to be the work of an arsonist, according to Battalion Chief Frank Rosa of the city fire department.

Rosa, who estimated damage at $20,000, said it appears an accelerant was used to set the fire, which was reported at 7:05 p.m. The first floor was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, and the flames spread to the attic as firefighters entered the house, whose front door was wide open, he said.

There were no injuries. Fire investigators were to be on the scene today.