Walnut Street fire ruled arson; 11 displaced, York fire chief says
"We do have some information that we're going to sort through," Michaels said of the investigation into Monday's fire.
In total, 11 residents were displaced from the fire, which swept through seven homes.
"It's a ... shame somebody has to go and do that to your house,"
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An afternoon fire in
The fire was set at
In total, seven homes were damaged, he said. Five sustained significant damage, and two had minor damage.
The blaze caused
No one was injured.
It was the second fire on
"It doesn't appear that the two are related," Michaels said on Monday evening.
Several residents said they had heard and seen juveniles breaking into 502,
"It's getting too close to home," said
Earlier this month, three properties were razed in the 200 block of
Firefighters responded to the fire Monday at
"I always said it would catch fire someday," she said. "I was scared of this."
Another resident,
"I jumped out of my seat and said, 'Something's going on,'" she said. "I opened the door (and) the heat about knocked me backwards."
Also at the fire were
"Who did this? Why?"
She said she had heard talk on the street of recent break-ins to 506 Walnut, but wasn't able to figure out how it happened, saying the property was secure.
"I'm sick right now," she said. "I'm stunned."
"My insurance, I don't have that much to cover it," he said. "The tenants (in
Ferrer added that he was relieved 500 Walnut seemed unscathed by the fire. He thought the narrow breezeway between it and 502 may have prevented the fire from spreading.
Many row homes in
The idea was not lost on Z"The way these houses are set up, one goes, you lose a bunch of them," said 24-year-old
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