4-alarm fire burns Brockton office building

(Robert E. Klein for the Boston Globe)

By Globe Staff

Dozens of firefighters are battling a four-alarm fire this morning in a red brick office building in downtown Brockton that sent a column of thick gray smoke high into the sky.

The four-story building was largely vacant when the blaze was reported about 6:30 a.m, a fire official said. Next door guests at the Elm Court Hotel were evacuated as a precaution. No injuries have been reported.

Firefighters from Brockton and six other cities and towns are working to extinguish the blaze on West Elm Street. A portion of the roof collapsed, a fire official said.

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