Firefighters manning eight apparatuses including a ladder truck battled a fire that destroyed a two-story frame house in the 1100 block of S.W. Woodward on early Friday.
The fire was “intentionally set,” a Topeka Fire Department statement issued about 7:30 a.m. Friday said.
No one was injured by the fire at 1112 S.W. Woodward, Battalion Chief Mark Brannock said at the fire scene.
As late as 8 a.m. Friday, smoke continued to rise from the house, which is approximately 15 feet from houses to the north and south of ...