4 years after fatal Akron fire, neighbors ask why house isn’t torn down

More than four years after a fire killed two young children who were left home alone, neighbors say the vacant house on 7th Avenue in Akron remains standing — overgrown, boarded up, and a source of ongoing frustration and grief.

On the evening of May 23, 2022, neighbors called 911 to report the fire.

“The house is on fire, like smoke is coming out the window,” a caller said. “No one is answering.”…

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