CFD Answers Near-Simultaneous Fire Calls, 2 Hospitalized
October 9, 2023 9:15AM EDT
Garage and attached home damaged in 37th Street NW fire in Canton from October 9, 2023. (Canton Fire Department)
CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Two Canton house fires called in within 19 minutes of each other early Monday morning.
A Canton woman is at the burn unit at Akron Children’s Hospital and a city man is at a local hospital after fire heavily damaged a house on Shorb Avenue, a few blocks north of 12th Street NW.
The two were homeless, staying at the boarded-up vacant house.
Firefighters heard pounding on the boards and rescued them.
That fire, called in at 4 a.m.
19 minutes later, the CFD got a call from 37th Street NW between Harvard and Frazer Avenues.
The resident got out when a garage fire extended to the house.
The Fire Prevention Bureau is investigating a cause for both fires.
There was a minor firefighter injury at both locations.
