Woonsocket: Red Cross Helping Family After Fire Sunday Night

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

One adult and two children were displaced after a fire in their home Sunday night.

By Margo Sullivan (Patch Staff)

WOONSOCKET, RI — The American Red Cross is helping one family – one adult – two children after a fire yesterday on Sixth Avenue, Woonsocket. The Red Cross provided assistance to meet the family's immediate needs. Responders included: Melissa Shires and Ruth Jacobs.
According to Lt. John Polacek, in the Woonsocket fire marshal's office, the fire department received a call at 6:59 p.m. and responded to the home. No one was injured, including firefighters. He was not informed about any pets in the house, he said.
"It was a small kitchen fire," he said. The firefighters knocked it down quickly, but the kitchen was extensively damaged, he said. He could not say when the people will be able to return. The building inspector has been called to assess the situation.