2024-01-02 17:05:10
A person was found dead after a fire at an apartment building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning, according to authorities.
The fire happened at about 4:40 a.m. on Chester Street, the Cambridge Fire Department said.
When firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke coming from two windows of a first-floor apartment, according to fire officials. Some occupants on the second and third floors had to be rescued with ladder trucks.
An occupant of one of the apartments was found dead, fire officials said.
Firefighters had to contend with freezing temperatures Tuesday morning while putting out the blaze. The building has about 30 units, many of them studios, and it’s estimated that 30 to 40 people are now displaced.
NBC10 Boston reached out to the property management company but have yet to hear back.
The victim’s name wasn’t immediately released. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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