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Fire in East Boston displaces 13

Posted: 11/30/12 at 5:50 am    Updated: 11/30/12 at 6:09 am
Tags: East Boston   fire   Meridian Street     

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BOSTON (WHDH) -- A fire in East Boston forced 13 people out into the cold.

Flames broke-out in a three-story residential building, on Meridian Street, late Thursday night.

One of the firefighters suffered a knee injury.

Investigators believed the fire started on the second floor.

No one was hurt, but the thirteen people, nine adults and four children, were displaced.

Fire Department Spokesperson Steve MacDonald said the property suffered an estimated $250,000 in damages.

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