Total loss after fire

YOUNGSTOWN

A vacant 1130 Franklin Ave. home is a total loss after a fire there about 1 a.m. Monday.

Crews who arrived found heavy fire on the first floor and heavy smoke coming from both the first and second floor, reports said. Neighbors said an elderly couple had lived at the South Side home but they had not been seen for a long time. Firefighters checked the home twice but found no one inside. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Damage is listed at $9,000.