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January 09, 2006

Fire displaces residents of Newport apartment house

NEWPORT - A fire in an apartment house last night displaced the occupants, according to the Police Department.

None of the residents was injured in the 9:30 p.m. fire at 319 Broadway, according to the Police Department. The fire started on a second-floor porch.

The building has three apartments, two of which were occupied. Volunteers from the Rhode Island chapter of the American Red Cross were at the fire last night and are helping the displaced residents, according to a Red Cross spokeswoman.

- Journal staff writer Rich Salit

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