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At approximately 4:30am, Saturday morning, New Bedford EMS, Fire, and Police Departments responded to multiple reports of a fire on South Second Street across from the Gomes Elementary School.
Upon arrival, responders encountered a triple-decker tenement completely engulfed in flames. Crews began to battle the blaze to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby homes and structures.
Within minutes the entire tenement was destroyed and flattened into a pile of rubble, leaving only fragments of the foundation walls.
This is a developing story, and we’ll update this article as reports of casualties, number of occupants, injuries, cause, how many displaced. and other information throughout the day.
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