DAYTON — -UPDATE @4:25 a.m.-
Firefighters responded to a house fire in Dayton late Tuesday night.
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Dayton firefighters were dispatched around 11:30 p.m. to the area of Broadway Street and Negley Place on initial reports of a house fire.
Montgomery County Regional Dispatch told News Center 7 that the fire was at the 600 block of Ferguson Avenue.
A 911 caller told dispatchers she lived across the river and saw something on fire.
“I don’t know if it’s a house, but it’s on fire,” she said. “Flames, it’s burning.”
Another caller said the whole house was on fire and was abandoned but she had seen people there.
“I don’t think there were people in there, but there were people over there (Tuesday),” she said.
An iWitness 7 viewer reported they could see large flames.
Initial scanner traffic indicated that firefighters placed the fire under control just before midnight.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
-INITIAL STORY-
A fire was reported in a Dayton neighborhood Tuesday night.
Around 11:30 p.m. Dayton firefighters were called to the intersection of Broadway Street and Negley Place for a fire.
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Initial reports indicate that crews arrived to find the home engulfed.
An iWitness7 viewer reported they could see large flames in the area.
We are working to learn more and will continue to follow this story.
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