A van caught fire Wednesday afternoon on Lamontier Avenue east of Woodhill in Cleveland's B5 area, and the flames spread to two vacant houses that were in the middle of renovation work. No injuries were reported, but the blaze left an estimated $150,000 in damage behind.
Fire Crews Respond to Blaze
According to ClevelandFire
, the van fire spread to the two nearby vacant houses Wednesday afternoon. Both structures were under renovation at the time, according to the post. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, and no injuries were reported among anyone at the scene.
The $150,000 loss estimate covers the damage caused by the fire, per the same account. Details about the van itself, who owns the properties, or the extent of the destruction to each individual structure have not been released.
A Separate Vacant-Home Fire
In a separate incident, a vacant house fire on Dunlap Avenue spread to a neighboring home overnight, according to fox8.com. In that case, one person inside the neighboring home escaped safely, and firefighters managed to keep the flames from reaching a third home. That fire broke out around 2 a.m., and investigators were left trying to determine what sparked it, much like the ongoing probe into Wednesday's fire on Lamontier.
For now, the cause of the Lamontier Avenue fire remains unclear as Cleveland fire investigators continue their work. No further updates on the investigation have been released.
