JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP — Firefighters worked to extinguish a house fire that was later deemed to be suspicious in Jefferson Township early Tuesday.
Around 1:30 a.m. Jefferson Township firefighters and medics were called to the 300 block of Albers Avenue to reports of a fire, according to Montgomery County regional dispatch.
Dispatch notes indicate that when officers arrived they found the house to be engulfed in flames.
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The house was vacant, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office confirmed around 3 a.m.
“The incident is being investigated by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and the Jefferson Township Fire Department as a suspicious fire,” the sheriff’s office said.
We will update this story as new information becomes available.
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