ANOTHER SUSPICIOUS FIRE

SAME HOUSE BURNED 7 MONTHS AGO

Elyria – Almost 7 months to the day, Elyria Firefighters returned to a vacant home at 417 West River Road North after a neighbor discovered a fire in a back room.

Assistant Chief Ron Brlas of the Elyria Fire Department said that neighbors smelled smoke shortly after 1 a.m. “They checked the house and discovered the fire in one of the back rooms. The door had been broken down so the gentleman made some attempt to put the fire out but it was just too much for him.”

Brlas said that the fire had begun to climb the walls and was onto the ceiling when they arrived but Firefighters hit it quick and prevented it from extending into the second floor.

Firefighters responded to the same home on March 14th of this year after Police Officers spotted smoke coming from the house. That fire was also quickly extinguished and deemed suspicious.

Brlas said that today’s fire is also being considered suspicious.


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