Suspicious Blaze Hits Vacant Vero Home; Evidence Points To Foreclosure Problem

In Vero Beach, Florida, TC Palm reports:

• Authorities are calling a fire at a unoccupied home in Vero Lake Estates on Monday suspicious. Firefighters and the Indian River County Sheriff's Office responded to 911 calls about the blaze at 10 p.m. Monday at 8715 103rd St. Flames from the blaze were rising as much as 15 feet above the single-story home, said a deputy who arrived before firefighters. [...] Authorities said they found an empty garage, a sparse collection of furniture and a mostly empty refrigerator in the home after the fire was extinguished. Furniture, such as dressers, was in the bedrooms, but little clothing was found, the report said. Mail found inside the kitchen indicates the home may be in foreclosure, the Sheriff's Office report said.

For more, see Fire at empty Vero Lake Estates home deemed suspicious.

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