LORAIN — The Lorain Fire Department is investigating its second arson in as many nights.

A fire last night at a vacant Lorain home was intentionally set, according to fire Capt. Dennis Livchak.

A call came in at 6:55 p.m. for a report of a kitchen fire at a single-family home at 739 W. Ninth St., Livchak said.

Firefighters arrived to find visible fire in the kitchen and extinguished the fire.

A back window of the home was open and a front door was unsecured. Two neighbors separately reported seeing two men in the back yard and on the front porch prior to the fire.

The Fire Department’s Fire Prevention Bureau was called in to investigate, and Lorain police searched the area for the two men but did not find them.

The value of the house was listed as only $25,000, and damage from the fire was listed at $1,000.

The Fire Prevention Bureau is also investigating an arson that broke out Sunday night at 327 W. 15th Street. That home, a duplex, was unoccupied after a fire 10 days earlier forced two families to find somewhere else to stay.

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Two smaller fires later in the evening kept the Fire Department busy following the arson.

Firefighters were called about 9:40 p.m. to 311 Colorado Ave. for a report of a bathroom fire in a second-floor apartment.

Crews found smoke from an exhaust fan in the bathroom and removed the fan to find fire in a concealed space above in the ceiling.

The fire was extinguished and the property released to the occupant and owner. Damage was estimated at $5,000.

At 10:20 p.m. firefighters were called to a stove fire at 2428 North Jefferson Blvd. They talked to the homeowner who said he had tried to use flour to put out the fire, but was unsuccessful, so he closed the stove and called 911.

Firefighters found light smoke coming from the stove and evidence there had been a grease fire.