SWAMPSCOTT-Firefighters are still determining the cause of a fire that crept up the walls of a Kings Beach Terrace apartment building Sunday morning.Shortly after 8 a.m., the fire department responded to the building, which is located between the road and Rock Avenue near the Lynn city line.According to Fire Capt. Kevin Thompson, the flames broke out in an area where trash barrels are stored in the rear of the building.”It worked its way up side of building and was about to go into building when we got there,” Thompson said.No cause has been determined.All occupants were out of the building when firefighters arrived.Thompson says the blaze was extinguished rather quickly but the crew spent a lot of time tearing up walls to make sure the fire hadn’t spread through them.
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