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April 28, 2008

Update: Fire in vacant house called suspicious / Photo

Journal Photo/Bill Murphy

PROVIDENCE -- A fire of suspicious origin this morning heavily damaged a vacant triple-decker at 45 Reynolds Ave. in South Providence, Fire Department officials said.

The electrical service to the house apparently had been disconnected, according to Deputy Assistant Chief Manny Costa, which would lead an investigator to believe the blaze was not accidental. The cause is under investigation.

The fire apparently began in the front of the house on the second floor and spread to the third floor, according to Costa. Firefighters arrived at about 10 a.m. and had to quell the fire in a steady rain.

A firefighter was injured when debris fell on his head, and he was taken to Rhode Island Hospital for evaluation and treatment.

The house is near the intersection of Reynolds and Prairie Avenue.

-- Journal staff writer Gregory Smith

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