From the City & Region staff at The Boston Globe
Two dozen displaced, $1 million damage in West Roxbury fire
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March 21, 2008 04:29 PM
By Sarah Gantz, Globe Correspondent
At least 25 people were displaced when a blaze tore through a West Roxbury apartment building at about 3:30 p.m. Friday, causing about $1 million in damage, fire officials said.
A 32-year-old woman living in a fourth-floor apartment where the fire started was taken to the hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation, said Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald.
Fire officials believe that careless disposal of a cigarette on the balcony of the apartment caused the three-alarm fire at the building on VFW Parkway, MacDonald said.
A Red Cross spokeswoman said the organization was providing lodging and food for five displaced families.
