Crime & Safety

Firefighters Extinguish Vinton Avenue Fire

Nobody was hurt.

CRANSTON, RI—Members of the Cranston Fire Department extinguished a fire at a Vinton Avenue house on Wednesday—a fire that apparently started in an electrical meter.

Crews were dispatched just before 3 p.m. for a report of fire on the outside of the house.

Nobody was hurt in the fire, which is now under investigation.

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The two-family house was built in 1973, according to city records.

Photo: Everett Trainer

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