Central Avenue residents are concerned about the conditions of a condemned house in which roaches are living and spreading to neighboring yards and into the street.

Fairborn city officials responded to the home after neighbors called in complaints and condemned the property, said John Beckman, community development coordinator.

“The city has condemned house because of inhabitable living conditions based on the roach problem and several other problems,” he said.

The house is owned by Jerry A. Kuhr, according to the Greene County Auditor’s Office. A man at the home who identified himself as the owner declined to comment Saturday.

Furniture and trash has been sitting on the curb for days and roaches have been running from the home for days before an exterminator arrived Saturday morning, said neighbor Harlan Glassburn.

Glassburn said he and other neighbors have spent hundreds of dollars trying to protect their homes from the infestation.

David Wood paid $750 to have his house sprayed for termites and roaches.

“(The exterminator) said ‘You’re going to fight this for a year,’” Wood said.

The resident living in the home moved out, said Beckman. The owner has seven days to clean up the property or he will be cited and ordered into court.