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July 3, 2007

Woonsocket fire injures one, displaces residents

Journal photo / Bill Murphy
Firefighters use ladders to get access to a fire this morning in Woonsocket.

WOONSOCKET – One resident of a 2 ½ -story apartment building was taken this morning to Landmark Medical Center for evaluation after fire broke out on the second floor of the building at 118 Carrington Ave.

The man was burned, but probably not severely, Deputy Chief James Vincent said.

Residents in the five- to six-apartment building are now homeless, Vincent said, as power has been cut to the building and the Red Cross is determining if the residents need help with a place to stay, Vincent said.

Vincent doesn’t know how many people were in the building when the fire started, but everyone else escaped safely, he said.

The fire was under control within about a half hour, Vincent said, but crews are still fighting hot spots. State and local fire marshals were still there shortly before noon.

The cause of the fire, which broke out in a second-floor apartment that sustained substantial damage, is unknown at this time, Vincent said.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

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