4 houses burn on Detroit block late Tuesday night

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A vacant house fire spread to three adjacent homes on a block on Detroit’s east side late Tuesday night.

The fire broke out shortly before 11:30 p.m. on MacKay near Davison and I-75 and spread to two occupied houses and an abandoned one.

No injuries were reported.

Firefighters had the blaze under control by 12:07 a.m.

The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately clear.

  abandoned house, Arson, fire, Fire department

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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