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October 4, 2007

4 Providence firefighters suffer minor injuries

PROVIDENCE -- A fire that started in a third-floor apartment at 29 Blaine St. this afternoon caused minor injuries to four firefighters and two residents of the three-floor wood-frame house.

One firefighter had a back injury and three had heat exhaustion, according to Battalion Chief Peter Celani.

At least one firefighter was taken to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, another to Miriam Hospital in Providence and a resident was taken to Rhode Island Hospital, according to James Taylor, chief of communications for the Providence Fire Department.

Preliminary indications are the cause of the fire was electrical in nature.

Seventeen adults and three children live in the building, though not all were home at the time of the fire.

The Red Cross, which often assists people displaced by fire, was called to offer help to people, said Taylor. The building contains six apartments.

Firefighters responded to the 1:08 p.m. call and the fire was brought under control at 1:30 p.m. Seven rescue trucks went to the scene -- five from Providence, one from North Providence and another from Pawtucket.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with reports from Journal staff writer Gregory Smith

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