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Firefighters were called to a fire at a boarded up house in the 500 block of Forest Avenue in Dayton's Five Oaks neighborhood on Thursday, April 29, 2021. MARSHALL GORBY/STAFF

Credit: Marshall Gorby

Credit: Marshall Gorby

Firefighters were called to a fire at a boarded up house in the 500 block of Forest Avenue in Dayton's Five Oaks neighborhood on Thursday, April 29, 2021. MARSHALL GORBY/STAFF
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By Jen Balduf – Staff Writer
April 29, 2021
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Dayton firefighters were called to a house fire Thursday afternoon in the Five Oaks neighborhood.

Smoke was showing when crews responded to the fire reported around 3:10 p.m. in the 500 block of Forest Avenue.

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There were no injuries reported, and the house was boarded up and vacant, according to the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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