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NEW FROM OVERNIGHT-- DAYTON
FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE FLAMES
INSIDE A VACANT HOME. NOW,
NEIGHBORS SAY THEY'RE FED UP
WITH A RECENT RASH OF CRIME ON
THEIR STREET. 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, THEY
SUSPECT IT COULD BE ARSON.
FIRE-- BUT BECAUSE NO ONE
NEIGHBORS LIKE TRISTA
VASVARY SAY THIS COULD BE THE
LAST STRAW."I'M SERIOUSLY
CONSIDERING MOVING. WE'VE HAD
ISSUES ON THIS STREET SINCE I
MOVED HERE." YOU COULD STILL
SEE SMALL FLAMES BETWEEN THE
TREES WHEN WE ARRIVED ON THE
SCENE JUST BEFORE 2:30 THIS
MORNING. VASVARY 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.
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