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Three-alarm fire in Somerville triple decker

By adamg on Fri, 12/15/2017 - 9:00am

Jay Kenney watched firefighters battle a three-alarm fire at 15 Connecticut Ave.>, near I-93, in Somerville, around midnight.

KMV reports the fire was mainly in the building's rear porches.

Neighborhoods: 
Somerville
Topics: 
Fire


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By SC from JP on Fri, 12/15/2017 - 9:52am.

3 guesses what the cause was :-/

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By anon on Fri, 12/15/2017 - 10:39am.

You get 4. (holiday lighting in the mix)

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By Lee on Fri, 12/15/2017 - 11:11am.

Smokers are the number one cause of fires in residential buildings.

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By boo_urns on Fri, 12/15/2017 - 1:12pm.

Somerville believed there was an active arsonist in 2013. It was pretty scary.

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By Ty on Sat, 12/16/2017 - 7:02pm.

Cooking is the leading cause of fires in residential structures. Smoking is the leading cause of civilian fire deaths per NFPA.

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By The Frying Pan of Reality on Fri, 12/15/2017 - 1:40pm.

Hope any pets that were there got out safely too.

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By nagem on Sat, 12/16/2017 - 10:24am.

According to the East Somerville Community School PTA, a family with two students at that school has lost everything.

https://www.gofundme.com/escs-family-suffers-loss-from-fire

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