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Fire spreads from vacant Indianapolis house, displaces east side neighbors

Firefighters extinguished the fire in the vacant house within 30 minutes, but not before it damaged the house next door.
Credit: IFD
A fire in a vacant house on Brookside Pkwy in Indianapolis spread to a neighbor's home Wednesday night, Jan. 6, 2021.

INDIANAPOLIS — Heavy fire in a vacant house on Brookside Parkway Wednesday spread to a neighboring home, displacing two residents on the east side of Indianapolis.

Firefighters arrived just before 8 p.m. and took a defensive approach due to a roof collapse. 

They extinguished the fire in the vacant house within 30 minutes, but not before it damaged the occupied house next door.

Credit: IFD
A fire in a vacant house on Brookside Pkwy in Indianapolis spread to a neighbor's home Wednesday night, Jan. 6, 2021.

Two people were displaced, but nobody was hurt.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. 

   

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