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Five Rescued as Early-Morning Fire Guts Taunton Apartment Building

Officials credit a working alarm for waking residents in a building without sprinklers.

Overview

  • The fire broke out around 2:30 a.m. on Hopkins Road and crews accounted for all residents after five rescues.
  • A family of three with a small child was among those rescued, and four people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
  • Roughly 15 residents were displaced as the building sustained significant structural damage.
  • Investigators say the blaze appeared to start in one unit and travel through interior walls up to the roof.
  • Taunton firefighters, police and mutual-aid partners worked in single-digit temperatures as the city, the Salvation Army and the American Red Cross assisted evacuees.