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Firefighters respond to 72 Mall St.
BY THOMAS GRILLO
LYNN — An electrical fire in a Mall Street apartment building forced tenants into the street Thursday.
Firefighters were called to the three-story brick property at 8:20 a.m. following an explosion in unit 17 on the third floor, which caused heavy smoke damage. The fire was extinguished in less than a half hour. No one was injured.
Laurence Eures said he loaded the dishwasher and didn’t notice anything unusual. “And then, it exploded so I don’t know what happened,” he said.
Lynn District Fire Chief Robert Bourgeois said the fire is under investigation. The damage was limited to the unit.
We have a building inspector on the way to see if we can get the taeny back into the apartment,” he said Thursday morning.
District Fire Chief Stephen Archer praised Lynn police officer Josh Seaman for evacuating tenants from the building prior to the arrival of the fire crew.
Thomas Grillo can be reached at [email protected].
