Neighbors blame kids for vacant house fire in Miamisburg

UPDATE @ 7 p.m.

Neighbors are blaming neighborhood kids for a fire that broke out tonight inside a vacant house.

Fire officials said when crews arrived, there was a small fire burning in one of the rooms on the first floor, and that the cause of the blaze is under investigation.

The house is not occupied and has no utility service.

Residents said a child was seen nearby around the time of the fire, and that the child is known to play inside the vacant house.

FIRST REPORT

Flames and heavy smoke were reported tonight coming from a vacant house.

The fire was reported around 6 p.m. at a two-story in the 800 block of Sycamore Street.

There were no reports of injuries, now how the fire broke out.