Victim of Saturday night house fire in Youngstown ID’d

Victim of Saturday night house fire in Youngstown ID’d

Staff Report

YOUNGSTOWN

The man who died in a Saturday evening fire at 29 Williamson Ave. has been identified by the fire department as Lonza Anderson, 50, who resided at that South Side address.

The cause of the 10 p.m. fire is still under investigation, but the blaze does not appear to be of suspicious origin, said Battalion Chief Terrance Jordon. T

he fire, which erupted in the dining room area of the three-story wood-frame house just east of Market Street, caused an estimated $12,000 in damage to the house and its contents, Jordon said.

The victim was found on the first floor of the house, said Fire Chief John J. O’Neill Jr.