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New Bedford fire fighters responded this afternoon to a 3rd floor fire at the Car Barn housing facility in New Bedford. Five people suffered injuries; four from smoke inhalation and one from lacerations. One family was displaced. The cause of the fire was a grease fire that started in a 3rd floor kitchen.
NBFD Chief Gomes reported heavy smoke when fire fighters arrived and fire fighters conducted a search, rescue and removal of dozens of people, mostly elderly. Engine 1 was first on the scene.
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