By Meghan Crosby
Dayton Daily News (Ohio)
Copyright 2006 Dayton Daily News
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News
A Sunday blaze that injured a firefighter and left five children and their father homeless was arson, Assistant Fire Chief Michael Caudill said.
Investigators said they found gasoline and several spots where fires were set in the home at 334 E. Lincoln St.
Owner Louis Snowden-Davis and his children were away when the blaze started.
Flames were confined to the second floor of the house and damage to the property and its contents is estimated at $60,000.
One firefighter suffered minor burns on his face and neck while inside the house, though he was released from Miami Valley Hospital.
This is not the first fire in the Lincoln Street neighborhood. A home down the block from Snowden-Davis’ house burned in late October, and two children died in a house fire on the street on Jan. 22, 2003.
Fire investigators are looking for suspects, and Caudill said anyone charged would face more serious charges than arson because a firefighter was injured.