17 People Displaced After 2-Alarm Boston Blaze

    Nov. 14, 2010
    EAST BOSTON, Mass. -- A two-alarm fire in East Boston Saturday morning displaced 17 people. The fire started on the third floor of a 3-story building on Saratoga Street at about 11:15 a.m. Authorities said the 12 adults and five children who live there all made it out safely. The cause is under investigation but officials are looking at electrical problems. The building suffered $250,000 worth of damage, authorities said.

    EAST BOSTON, Mass. --

    A two-alarm fire in East Boston Saturday morning displaced 17 people.

    The fire started on the third floor of a 3-story building on Saratoga Street at about 11:15 a.m.

    Authorities said the 12 adults and five children who live there all made it out safely.

    The cause is under investigation but officials are looking at electrical problems.

    The building suffered $250,000 worth of damage, authorities said.

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