Another Ionia Street Fire

[Timkin]

good point. In a city thats supposedly hard-pressed for money, we should be saving these places for a while , rather than the expense of demoing them and hauling them off.. The house does not look THAT bad.

[hooplady]

When I first started looking at houses in Springfield, I soon learned not to ask "has there been a fire" but "how many fires has it had?"  There aren't many of these old girls who haven't had a scorch or two.  I haven't seen the inside of this one, but just 'cause the addition burned off doesn't mean it can't be saved.  Hey, the satellite dish is still intact!

[Timkin]

It would be interesting to learn what caused this since there seems to be an occurence of this pretty frequently .

[Paisleyparker330]

Do you have details regarding the haunting? We are collecting stories for the Haunted Springfield event....
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Yeah, I used to live there with my Mom and step-Dad. Who is we? Send me the info and I'll be happy to fill you in.

[sheclown]

It used to be that one could "buy" a fire quite cheaply in Springfield. 

[Miss Fixit]

It used to be that one could "buy" a fire quite cheaply in Springfield. 

Sheclown, do tell!

[nvrenuf]

Original tin roof - way too cool.

[iloveionia]

I went in this house the day after the fire. It's savable. The back addition is a loss. This fire was arson I understand. This block and the corner of Ionia/7th has been razed by arson. This particular house was a rental, owner has lost 3 homes to arson. Hmmmm.

[iloveionia]

Paisley:
which Ionia store? So much of Ionia has been lost. What is the address?
There was a pool hall in the building on 6th/Ionia.

[Timkin]

I went in this house the day after the fire. It's savable. The back addition is a loss. This fire was arson I understand. This block and the corner of Ionia/7th has been razed by arson. This particular house was a rental, owner has lost 3 homes to arson. Hmmmm.

VERY strange.  What is the chances of that without foul play?

[uptowngirl]

Timkin I think JSO has made an arrest?

[avs]

God, I hope they made an arrest!  3 fires on properties owned by the same person that are adjacent to each other!  I can't believe the city is spending money demo-ing homes instead of investigating stuff like this!

Can anyone confirm that there has been an arrest?

[iloveionia]

There was. But word on the street is they got the wrong guy.

[Paisleyparker330]

Paisley:
which Ionia store? So much of Ionia has been lost. What is the address?
There was a pool hall in the building on 6th/Ionia.

Yep, that was it! They also sold other little things like soda pop and snacks. Do you know much about it?? The address was/is 1555 Ionia on the corner of 6th street. What year was that do you recall??

[uptowngirl]

It is boarded up and empty now, but how cool to have the pool hall/store back! So let's here the ghost story!