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WARREN -- The Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office Fire and Explosion Investigation Bureau of determined that a 5:20 a.m. Monday house fire in the 100 block of Idylwild Street NE was intentionally set.
Investigators are following up on leads and conducting additional interviews, said Jamie Crawford, public information officer with the state fire marshal’s office. No additional information beyond that can be released, Crawford said.
Warren Fire Chief Ken Nussle said Tuesday the the state fire marshal’s office is taking the investigative lead in the case. He said the home is considered a total loss.
Two people were home, but both escaped the fire on their own and were not injured, Nussle said. One firefighter was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
Home surveillance video shows two people walking on either side of Idylwild just prior to the fire -- one of them walking straight up toward the front porch.
The Warren Fire Department requested the State Fire Marshal's Office to lead the investigation, and the agency agreed, Nussle said. The house is a short distance east of North Park Avenue.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the State Fire Marshal's tip line at 800-589-2728.
The Facebook page of Warren Professional Firefighters Local 2024 contains photos of the fire and states that when firefighters arrived at the home, there was "heavy fire showing from the front of the building." Firefighters attacked the fire on the porch before entering the front door.
They put out the flames on the second floor. Another fire crew worked on the fire from the rear of the home, putting out the fire on the first floor, according to the post.
A Warren police report states that police officers were notified at 3:19 a.m. that someone “threw something through their window and their living room is now on fire.”
When officers arrived, “the entire front half of the house was completely engulfed in flames. The two listed victims (a man and a woman) fled the residence.”
The Warren Fire Department arrived and began to put out the flames, the police report states.
Officers identified the woman and “confirmed that she had an active (2011 misdemeanor) warrant through Trumbull County Central District Court,” and the woman was taken into custody and taken to the Trumbull County jail.
The report states that officers spoke with neighbors, but none said they saw anyone throwing anything.