A fire started on the third floor of the building and multiple people needed rescuing.
Four people were send to the hospital and over 100 displaced when a fire broke out at an apartment building in Winthrop, Massachusetts, Friday.
All four people are expected to survive but some animals died in the fire, officials said.
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The fire started on the third floor and spread throughout the building on Veterans Road near Miller Field, Winthrop Deputy Fire Chief Stephen Calandra said. The department's efforts were complicated by the nearest fire hydrant being 800 feet away and the building not having working sprinklers.
"While we’re doing rescues, we can’t do fire suppression. That’s how the fire got so far ahead of us," Calandra said.
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A Salvation Army team was on hand to help residents affected in the incident.