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Firefighters Injured Battling Canton House Fire
(WHBC) – Firefighters battled a house fire in the 1400 block of Oxford Avenue NW early Wednesday night.
The fire, at a house across from the old John Lehman High School, was sending black smoke high into the sky when firefighters arrived on the scene around 6:15 p.m.
Neighbors, who gathered in the high school parking lot to watch, told WHBC News on the scene that the house had been abandoned for a while.
The fire department says four firefighters suffered minor injuries battling the blaze.
One firefighter had to be taken to a hospital for treatment.
No word on the cause of the fire, but it is being considered suspicious.
BREAKING – House fire being battled by several Canton crews in the 1400 block of Oxford Ave NW. pic.twitter.com/cnNWBx7yei
— News-Talk 1480 WHBC (@1480whbc) May 8, 2019