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March 27, 2006

Providence firefighter still critical at Rhode Island Hospital

PROVIDENCE – Firefighter Kenneth E. Baker, who suffered a heart attack and collapsed without a pulse at a Silver Lake house fire early Friday morning, remains in critical condition this morning at Rhode Island Hospital, spokeswoman Andrea Barbosa said.

Baker regained consciousness and began talking yesterday afternoon in the hospital’s intensive care unit, according to Paul A. Doughty, president of the city’s firefighters union.

This morning, Baker was sleeping, with no real change in condition from overnight, Doughty said shortly after 9.

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