DAYTON — Firefighters responded to a house fire in Dayton early Thursday morning.
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Firefighters and medics were dispatched around 5:12 a.m. to the intersection of E Third Street and N Jersey Street on initial reports of a house fire, Montgomery County Regional Dispatch told NewsCenter 7.
Initial scanner traffic is reporting fire through the roof of the house.
NewsCenter 7′s Xavier Hershovitz reports dozens of fire crews were at the scene and also noticed a sign on the front door of the property.
It said, “Presence on this property is prohibited.”
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Dayton firefighters noticed a lot of smoke and fire when they arrived, according to Matt McClain, Dayton Fire District Chief.
“We had a lot of fire showing on this house on East Third Street when crews arrived,” he said. “The houses right here are really close together. We had flame and smoke impingement on the house on each side of the building.”
McClain added the house appeared to be vacant and boarded up.
He also said there was heavy fire on both the second and first floors.
“We found a few hot spots in the attic,” he told Hershovitz. “We got our investigators on the scene.”
No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
We 7 will continue to provide updates on this developing story.