The fire was on the porch of a tornado-damaged house.
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Arson & Bomb Squad was investigating a fire Wednesday afternoon at 103 Central St., Fire Department spokesman Dennis Leger said.
Leger said there are six tornado-damaged houses on Central Street. He said the porch of one of them was on fire about 2:30 p.m.
Firefighters extinguished the fire, but not before it did several thousand dollars in damages to the porch, Leger said.
A state trooper from the state fire marshal’s office also was investigating, Leger said.
He said the fire was of suspicious origin. So far there are no arrests, he said.
There were no injuries as a result of the fire.