2nd fire in 24 hours in Girard

Staff report

GIRARD

Two house fires in less than 24 hours have neighbors in a South Market Street neighborhood on edge.

“Will our house be next?” asked Josephine Bach, who lives with her daughter, Alfonzina Chacon, at 418 S. Market.

She stood with her daughter and Sarah Loughrey, their neighbor across the street, as firefighters put out the second of the two fires Wednesday night. A vacant house behind Bach’s and Chacon’s caught fire around 8 p.m., said neighbor Tiffany Sotak, who called 911.

By 10 p.m., firefighters were dousing the last of the flames and were digging out a gas line with a backhoe. Ohio Edison was turning off power.

Besides the house, a garage and a shed caught fire. Neighbors also said brush around the house went up.

At 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, the house next to Chacon’s and Bach’s caught fire.

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