Doorbell camera captures person setting porch fires in Akron

AKRON, Ohio — Akron firefighters responded to the 1100 block of Tonawanda Avenue early Monday morning after an unknown person set fire to the porches of two different houses.

The fires were started on the porches of two duplexes that were right across from each other on the same side of the street.

According to an Akron fire report, light smoke and flames were visible from the front porches when they arrived around just before 12:30 a.m.

"When I walked outside, there were firemen everywhere, and it was smoking coming from their front door," said Ayejaye Wilson, a neighbor.

Crews extinguished the fires before they spread from the porch to inside the homes. Firefighters ventilated the area to clear the smoke and fumes. The report states that there was an odor of gasoline near the homes.