Suspicious fires strike 2 East Toledo buildings

Fires of suspicious origin occurred yesterday within 80 minutes of each other at two vacant structures in East Toledo, but fire officials did not know if they were related.

A vacant home at 1214 Yondota St. sustained significant damaged about 2:30 a.m. and likely will be torn down, Battalion Fire Chief Mark Klein said. Previous fires had gutted the home, and yesterday s blaze caused $2,000 damage, Chief Klein said.

The other fire, about 3:50 a.m. in a vacant two-story building at 1214 Front St., caused $10,000 damage to the structure, Chief Klein said.