UPDATE @ 4:11 a.m.
Five crews were on the scene for a “stubborn” fire inside a vacant house in the 100 block of Sherman Street.
"We had fire on the first and second floor and blowing out of the back of the house,"
said Fred Marx, a Dayton Fire Department district chief. "... We had plenty of fire for everybody."
Firefighters believe the fire started on the first floor and extended to the second floor and into the attic area.
The utilities were disconnected inside the vacant home.
"We were lucky we had vacant lots on both sides, so we had no exposure to inhabited houses," Marx said.
The fire is under investigation.
The Sherman Street fire is one of several in the Linden Avenue area that have occurred this year, according to Marx.
Two occurred on New Year’s Eve. All were vacant structure fires.
EARLIER REPORT
Fire crews have responded to a fire reported in a vacant house on Sherman Street in Dayton Tuesday morning.
Firefighters were dispatched to the 100 block of Sherman Street around 1:05 a.m. on reports of an active fire in the structure.
The house is reportedly vacant, firefighters have indicated through scanner traffic and a fire investigator has been requested to the scene.
We’re monitoring this developing story and we’ll update this page as new information becomes available.
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