Two fires reported on North Side

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

City firefighters were called to two North Side fires Saturday morning, one in an occupied home at 712 Fairmont Ave., and the other at a vacant house at 21 Lauderdale Ave.

Firefighters were at the scene of the vacant house fire on Lauderdale, reported at 8:04 a.m., when they were called to a blaze in the Fairmont home at 9:26 a.m.

No injuries were reported in the Fairmont fire, which is believed to have been caused by a young child playing with matches in the attic, fire officials said. Damage was estimated at $3,500 to the structure and $2,250 to the contents, firefighters said.

The cause of the fire on Fairmont, which destroyed the structure, is under investigation.