By Thor Jourgensen
LYNN–The city’s fire chief said an 11 Beach Road resident died in a 3-alarm fire in that 20-apartment residence off Lynn Shore Drive this morning.
Chief James McDonald said firefighters extinguished the 4:46 a.m. fire quickly. The fire started in a rear third-floor corner apartment.
McDonald said the building is uninhabitable for at least a few days. Some of the building’s 20 tenants sheltered in an MBTA bus waiting for Red Cross aid.
McDonald did not identify the fire victim. State Fire Marshal investigators were on the scene.
Resident Richard Baker was drinking coffee in his apartment when he heard banging from the direction of the unit where the fire started.
“I went down the hall. There was smoke. I grabbed my shoes and left,” Baker said.
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