SPRINGFIELD — Fire officials have ordered an emergency demolition of a vacant Springfield home after it was on fire twice in eight hours.
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Springfield City firefighters were dispatched to that vacant house at the 100 block of Rice Street around 3 a.m. after catching fire Thursday night.
News Center 7′s Taylor Robertson covered the story as breaking news during News Center 7′s Daybreak.
Images from the scene show the roof collapsed from this morning’s fire.
Several firefighters, including an air truck, were at the scene working to put out hotspots.
Robertson reports the flames from Friday morning’s fire were on the second floor.
Springfield fire officials ordered an emergency demotion of this vacant house.
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News Center 7 previously reported Thursday night that the same house that caught fire on Rice Street was vacant, and nobody was hurt.
Springfield firefighters say Thursday night’s fire originated from the first floor.
The cause both of fires remain under investigation.
We will continue to provide updates on this developing story.
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