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“Yesterday afternoon at 1428 hrs, the NBFD received a call from an alarm monitoring service reporting an automatic fire alarm activation at 166 Chancery Street. This residential occupancy contains seven living units and is located in Temple Landing.
Upon arrival, crews were met by a resident who informed them there was a shower curtain on fire in the second-floor bathroom. Crews made their way to the second floor with a hand line and found the residential fire sprinkler system had activated and was containing the fire to the bathroom. Crews were able to extinguish the fire which extended to other combustibles with one hand line. Crews were assisted on scene by the NBPD and NBEMS.
Two adults and three children are displaced from the dwelling unit and are being assisted by the American Red Cross. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Fire Investigation Unit. There were no civilian or firefighter injuries.”
New Bedford Fire Department photo.
