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RIGHT NOW DAYTON FIRE
INVESTIGATORS ARE SIFTING FOR
CLUES AFTER FLAMES DAMAGE A
VACANT HOUSE. AND NEIGHBORS
SAY IT'S JUST THE LATEST IN A
LONG LIST OF PROBLEMS FOR THE
AREA. BROOKE MOORE JOINS US
LIVE WITH THIS MORNING'S TOP
STORY.
INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL
LOOKING INTO WHAT CAUSED THE
FIRE-- BUT BECAUSE NO ONE
LIVES IN THE HOME ON POTOMAC
STREET, THEY SUSPECT IT COULD
BE ARSON. NEIGHBORS SAY THIS
COULD BE THE LAST STRAW.
INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL
LOOKING INTO WHAT CAUSED THE
FIRE-- BUT BECAUSE NO ONE
LIVES IN THE HOME, THEY
SUSPECT IT COULD BE ARSON.
NEIGHBORS SAY THIS COULD BE
THE LAST STRAW.
YOU COULD STILL SEE SMALL
FLAMES BETWEEN THE TREES WHEN
WE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE JUST
BEFORE 2:30 THIS MORNING.
TRISTA VASVARY-- WHO LIVES
NEARBY-- SAYS SHE WOKE UP TO
THE SOUND OF PEOPLE POUNDING
ON HER NEIGHBOR'S FRONT DOOR.
MEANWHILE, SMOKE POURED FROM
THE ROOF OF 48 POTOMAC STREET
IN DAYTON... FIREFIGHTERS
SPRAYED WATER ON THE FLAMES.
BUT THIS IS AN ALL TOO
FAMILIAR SCENE ACCORDING
VASVARY. SHE SAYS THIS
VACANT HOUSE IS THE SOURCE OF
A LOT OF TROUBLE FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THIS STREET.
SHE'S LIVED IN A HOME
NEARBY FOR 8 MONTHS, AND TELLS
US THIS IS THE SECOND OR THIRD
TIME THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN ON
FIRE. VASVARY ALSO SAYS
HOMELESS PEOPLE WERE STAYING
INSIDE THE HOUSE-- THEN, SHE
SAYS IT WAS RAIDED FOR A DRUG
BUST. THE CRIME IS SCARY
ENOUGH-- BUT A BLAZE LIKE THIS
CREATES EVEN MORE FEAR.
"IT IS TERRIFYING. THE HOUSES
HERE IN THIS GENERAL AREA ARE
VERY CLOSE TOGETHER. SO IF ONE
HOUSE CATCHES ON FIRE, THE BIG
FEAR IS THAT IT'S IMMEDIATELY
GOING TO SPREAD TO YOUR HOUSE."
WE'RE TOLD THAT THE PERSON
WHO CALLED 911 HEAR A
VEHICLE.. AND SOME OTHER
NEIGHBORS MAY HAVE SEEN
SOMEONE RUNNING TO IT AFTER
THE FIRE STARTED. THE BLAZE
IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION
THIS MORNING. REPORTING LIVE
I'M BROOKE MOORE-- 2 NEWS
TODAY.