By Richard C. Dujardin
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Three families -- including 6 adults and 6 children -- were forced to flee their apartments after fire erupted in a third-floor bedroom at 1317-1319 Eddy St. in the city's Washington Park neighborhood around 9:30 Wednesday night.
Deputy Assistant Fire Chief Joseph R. Desmarais said firefighters were able to bring the fire under control within 15 minutes, but all of the families were being displaced because utilities were turned off. Most of the damage was confined to their floor bedroom.
The one reported injury, the chief said, was one woman who complained of muscle strains after running down the stairs. She was treated at the scene.