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March 24, 2008

Photo: Fire damages residence in Pawtucket

Journal photo/ Bill Murphy
Firefighters wrap up after a fire at 35 Hunts Ave., Pawtucket.

PAWTUCKET -- Pawtucket fire crews had to rescue a man from the third floor window after a fire this morning forced an extended family to evacuate.

No one was seriously injured, according to Fire Battalion Chief Ron Doirie, and the family should be able to sleep in the house tonight.

The fire started at about 6 a.m. at 35 Hunts Ave. Initial investigations suggest it was sparked by a candle in the first-floor bedroom. “People don’t understand how dangerous that is,” Doirie said.

A couple lives on the third floor with their two children, three siblings on the second floor and their grandmother on the first floor.

Dorie said a fire alarm alerted the house to the fire. Everyone evacuated but the father who lives on the third floor. He went downstairs, then ran back up to the third floor for a fire extinguisher. By the time he reached it, the smoke had filled the stairwells and he could not get back downstairs.

When the fire crew arrived, the truck extended its ladder to the fire escape.

Damage was mostly contained to the bedroom, Doirie said.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

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