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July 6, 2007

Update: Red Cross assisting 4 after Providence fire

PROVIDENCE -- The Red Cross has been called to assist three adults and one child displaced by a fire in a three-story building on Broad Street that is now under control.

Occupants of the building at 1363 Broad St. have gotten out safely, according to James Taylor, chief of communications for the Providence Fire Department.

The three-story building has commercial space on the first floor and apartments on the second and third floors, according to Taylor.

At 1:39 p.m., the Fire Department received a report of smoke from the third floor. Firefighters found fire between the second and third floors, Taylor said. The fire was under control by 2:01 p.m., he said.

Posted by Jack Perry  at 2:27 PM | Permalink

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