March: 250+ fires in houses, buildings as arsonists grow bolder, hydrants break
Rigs broke down, hydrants malfunctioned and arsonists grew bolder in March, the most destructive month yet this year in Detroit.
January: A list of all 220+ structure fires with photos, breakdowns
The following is a list of every destructive fire in a house, apartment, business or other building in Detroit in January 2015. This does not include small kitchen fires or nondestructive appliance mishaps. Car, garage and rekindles are not included. Buy premarin 0.625mg This information was collected by Motor City Muckraker using dispatch reports, run sheets, […]
Despite chaotic 24-hour period, Mayor Duggan calls Angels’ Night ‘quiet’
Nearly 40 fires – most of them suspected arsons – broke out in houses, apartments and garages between Thursday and Friday morning in Detroit.
Man offers to trade Detroit home for new iPhone 6 or iPad
But there is no app to fix the brick house on the city’s east side.
Arsonist strikes another Heidelberg Project house as fundraising continues
Investigators believe someone fire-bombed the Birthday Cake House on Heidelberg Street.
Arsons, bad hydrants, neglect spelled trouble on Detroit’s west side
Battling fires is a constant struggle in a city with thousands of malfunctioning fire hydrants, an inadequate number of firefighters and 85,000 abandoned structures.
Want to buy a Heidelberg Project house or 2? Auction ends this afternoon
Bidding ends today on two art-festooned houses and a vacant lot adorned with installations.
3 Heidelberg Project properties are up for auction because of tax delinquencies
Losing the three properties could break up significant sections of the project.
Suspected arsonist beaten unconscious near Heidelberg Project in Detroit
The fire gutted the house in an area already decimated by arsons, abandonment and neglect.
4 houses burn on Detroit block 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.