The fire is considered suspicious because the building was vacant and boarded up.
Two firemen peer into the attic at 97 Marble St. as smoke pores out the attic window. SPRINGFIELD - A fire in an enclosed rear porch at 97 Marble St in the city's South End cause $30,000 damage, fire officials said.
The two-story woodframe was was vacant and had all of the windows on the lower floors boarded up. there were 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.
Because the house was vacant and boarded, Leger said the fire would appear to be suspicious.
The fire is suspicious and under investigation by the Springfield Arson and Bomb Squad.