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Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Vacant House in Newark

Newark

Fire officials are investigating the cause of a massive fire that ripped through a building in Newark this evening.

Heavy fire broke out inside a vacant house located in the 70's block of South 9th Street at Central Avenue at around 5:15 p.m. sending dozens of firefighters to the scene where they arrived to fire engulfing the house.

It took firefighters a little over an hour to bring the blaze under control with no injuries immediately reported.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

**IMAGE CREDIT:** Renee Groover

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