Fire Destroys Somerville Home, 10 Displaced: Report

SOMERVILLE, MA – Somerville firefighters battled a fire in a triple-decker home early Thursday morning, WHDH reports.

Firefighters responded to reports of a fire engulfing a triple-decker on Central Street and sending huge plumes of smoke into the air around 6 a.m.

Fire crews were able to bring the fire under control by 7 a.m., as a police officer and off-duty firefighter helped to make sure the 10 people in the home at the time of the fire made it out safely, according to WHDH.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

No additional information was immediately available.

Read more at WHDH.