Detroit firefighters attacked by rocks, bottles during wild day of arsons
On Friday, fires broke out in 25 homes, nine cars, a school and an apartment building.
On Friday, fires broke out in 25 homes, nine cars, a school and an apartment building.
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Up for bid: Beautiful colonial homes, abandoned factories, gas stations, churches, a hospital, countless boarded-up bungalows and ornate apartment buildings.
Many of the abandoned homes are gutted, burned and in dangerous, underserved neighborhoods.
Lured by homes selling for as low as $100, investors are beginning to buy up dozens of properties at one time.
Even when neighbors tell investigators that squatters are living in vacant buildings ravaged by fire, the city rarely does more than a cursory search.