DETROIT
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Five teens have been arrested in connection with several fires that burned across southwest Detroit on Thursday.
Detroit police said fire crews responded to two fires on Rathbone Street, two on Lane Street and one near Lawndale Street all within hours of each other -- starting at about 2 p.m.
A firefighter was hurt, carried off on a stretcher, while battling a fire on Lane Street. The fire started in an abandoned house and garage, catching a vacant duplex next to it on fire as well.
Sonia Alvarado said her house in the 8000 block of Rathbone Street was in the process of being repaired after a recent fire had started at the abandoned property next door and spread. Now, her house is a total lost after more flames ravaged it Thursday.
"It doesn't look like they just threw a match in there, because it went up like a torch," Alvarado said.
Detroit police said the four boys and one girl who were arrested confessed to setting at least seven fires during the afternoon.
They are expected to face arson charges.
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