In arson-plagued Pa. town, block devastated by fires shows signs of both renewal, struggle

COATESVILLE, Pa. — The day after her row house and 14 others were severely damaged by arson, Geneva Thomas was angry and homeless, but she knew even then that she would rebuild and return to the two-story brick home she bought right out of high school.

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