Daring rescue by Detroit firefighters saves squatter from boarded-up house
The boarded-up brick house was oozing black smoke when a neighbor told arriving Detroit firefighters that a squatter may be inside.
Photos: Scavenging for scrap metal
Who are the scrappers? They are laid-off autoworkers, drug addicts, high school dropouts and others trying to get by.
Demolition of 10-block area on Detroit’s east side was teeming with dope, prostitutes, homeless
The cost to demolish six houses, level trees, till the land and clean up discarded tires and trash: just $200,000.