17 people displaced by East Boston fire

BOSTON -- Seventeen people were forced out of their homes on Saturday night after a fire ripped through an East Boston apartment building.

Flames broke out in the building on Saratoga Street around 11 a.m. Saturday.

There were no reported injuries. The Boston Fire Department said electrical wiring sparked the fire that caused an estimated $250,000 in damage.

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