Teens arrested after fire destroys Danville houses

DANVILLE – Two Danville teens were being held on Friday in connection with suspicious fires that destroyed two vacant houses earlier this week.

Ernesto Vasquez, 17, who listed an address in the 1000 block of North Hazel Street, was charged in Vermilion County Circuit Court with two counts of arson, a Class 2 felony.

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