Firefighter at Station Spots Smoke Coming from House in Providence, RI
A Providence firefighter who stepped outside a fire station to use his phone spotted smoke coming from a triple-decker.
“He reported code red to our fire alarm over our radio,” Deputy Assistant Fire Chief Robert Butler told WPRI.
Firefighters reported heavy fire damaged the multi-family building where 25 people lived.
There were no injuries reported in the fire that remains under investgation.
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