Detroit Mayor Duggan is working to get rid of vacant buildings before he leaves office. Detroit had 47,000 abandoned Land Bank–owned homes. Now it’s down to 942, with 240 on the demolition list and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's blight removal program cut abandoned Land Bank homes from 47,000 to under 1,000, boosting property ...

No one was in the residence and there did not appear to be any injuries. Calls alerting officials to the emergency on Thursday came in at about 1:40 p.m. A violent explosion flattened a west side ...

Detroit fire officials are investigating multiple house fires that broke out Tuesday morning, including a blaze that destroyed two vacant homes and damaged one family’s home on Dwyer Street.

DETROIT – The Detroit Fire Department said a gas leak inside a vacant home has caused an explosion on the city’s west side. The explosion occurred on Thursday (Nov. 13) in the 19400 block of Forrer ...