The fire in the vacant house was reported at 8:41 p.m.
Two firemen peer into the attic at 97 Marble St. as smoke pores out the attic window. SPRINGFIELD - City firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in a vacant property at 65 Marble St. in the city's South End.
Marble Street was blocked off at the corner of Dwight Street Extension by fire trucks. No flames were visible, but a thick, black smoke could be seen rising out of the attic.
The two-story woodframe was was vacant and had all of the windows on the lower floors boarded up. There appeared to be no injuries.
The Fire Department was called to the scene at 8:41 p.m.
Springfield Fire Department spokesman Dennis Leger said the fire apparently started in an enclosed second-floor porch in the rear of the building.
He said the damage appeared to be significant.
Because the house was vacant and boarded, Leger said the fire would appear to be suspicious, although the Springfield Arson and Bomb Unit has not yet made a determination of how it started.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.