Crime & Safety
Firefighters Return to Home on Ivy Street a Second Time
Battalion Chief Robert Jobin said a spark from a fire earlier in the day got caught in layers of siding, smoldered and broke through.
East Providence firefighters responded again to a home on Ivy Street late Tuesday night.
Battalion Chief Robert Jobin said a spark from a fire earlier in the day must have remained in the home's siding, smoldered and eventually broken through.
Earlier in the day, firefighters put out a blaze in the house that started with a dishwasher malfunction in the kitchen. No one was home and a dog was rescued.
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