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2 firefighters injured battling 3-alarm blaze in Worcester

WORCESTER, Mass. — Two firefighters were injured and as many as 16 people were displaced after a 3-alarm fire in a house on Allen Street Wednesday morning.

The fire broke out sometime after 5 a.m. and escalated quickly to a 3-alarm. Worcester Fire Deputy Chief Martin Dyer said two firefighters had minor injuries but were expected to be OK and as many as 16 people live in the 3-story building. Dyer said they believe everyone who was inside the building is accounted for but firefighters have not yet been able to safely sweep the building.

A frozen fire hydrant forced firefighters to switch from an interior attack on the fire to a defensive position on the outside, Dyer said.

The landlord says he believes the fire started in the kitchen of a second-floor unit. He claims the tenant waited too long, possibly up to 15 minutes, to report the fire.

This comes just days after 36-year-old Worcester firefighter Christopher Roy died in the line of duty battling a 5-alarm fire early Sunday morning on Lowell Street, rattling the fire department and communities across the state. 

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Allen Street is about a mile from the Webster Square Fire Station. where Roy was stationed.

Roy was a member of the Webster Square Fire Station Ladder 4 Group 3. He had been a part of the fire department for two and a half years.

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