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June 28, 2006

Fire in vacant Providence building quickly controlled

PROVIDENCE – Within a half hour, a fire this morning in a vacant three-story wood structure at the corner of Friendship and Broad streets was under control, according to Battalion Chief Joseph Desmarais.

At least two dozen firefighters responded to the 6:49 a.m. blaze that Desmarais said appeared to start on the first floor and spread to the upper two floors. There were no injuries, he said.

The building has been vacant for years and had been boarded up, Desmarais said.
The white building sits close to other triple-deckers in the neighborhood near Grace Cemetery and across Broad Street from the Jacqueline M. Clements Memorial Park.

The cause of the fire is unknown at this time, Desmarais said.

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