UPDATE @ 9:15 p.m.: The fire in a vacant dwelling in the 2800 block of Salem Avenue is being investigated as "suspicious in nature," Dayton Fire District Chief Tim Rose said.
The building, at Parkhill Drive, was boarded up and 30 firefighters successfully prevented flames from damaging two adjacent properties, Rose said.
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An investigator was called because witnesses told fire crews that people were seen in the area of the dwelling.
There were no injuries, Rose said. "We sent nobody in the building."
He estimated damage to the structure at $40,000.
INITIAL REPORT
An investigator has been called to a fire in the 2800 block of Salem Avenue, at Parkhill Drive, in a dwelling believed to be vacant.
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Dayton crews were dispatched just before 6 p.m. on a report that flames were said to be showing from a two-story dwelling.
We're hearing that crews went to a defensive posture, allowing the structure to burn, because it was vacant.
We will update this report as information becomes available.
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