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December 26, 2006

1 hospitalized after fire on Atwells Ave. / Photo

Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski
Tameka Rahu comforts family members after a fire gutted her home at 857 Atwells Avenue, Providence.

PROVIDENCE -- One person has been hospitalized for smoke inhalation following a fire in a two-story building on Atwells Avenue this morning.

The victim, who has not been identified, is one of seven people -- four adults and three children -- to be displaced by the blaze, which started in the basement of 857 Atwells Ave., according to James Taylor, chief of communications for the Providence Fire Department.

The Red Cross has been called to help the residents find new shelter.

Authorities were first notified of the fire at 11:07, and the flames were under control by 11:59, Taylor said. Fire crews are still there.

-- projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples

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