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« No Amtrak service to Florida | Today | Police probe death of J&W student at Vt. college » April 13, 2006Apartment fire displaces 8 in Providence / Updated
Providence firefighters chop a hole in the roof of a three-story apartment building at 154 Delaine St., near Manton Avenue in Olneyville, to let out smoke and heat so that firefighters inside could put water on the fire. PROVIDENCE -- A fire this morning at an apartment building in Olneyville left six adults and two children homeless, prompting a call to the Red Cross for assistance, Asst. Fire Chief Mark S. Pare said. Damage was confined to the rear of the building at 154 Delaine St., but all three apartments sustained smoke and water damage, Pare said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze within about a half hour. Firefighters responding to the blaze were delayed briefly when the hydrant at Appleton and Delaine didn’t work, Pare said. They had to use the next closest hydrant, at Manton and Delaine. With more than 3,000 hydrants in the city, the department is in the midst of its annual April check of how the hydrants have fared through the winter, Pare said. In the case of a broken hydrant, such as today’s, the department alerts the Providence Water Supply Board, Pare said. It will likely be fixed within 24 hours, he said. The blaze was reported shortly after 9 a.m. Posted by Kate Bramson CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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