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PROVIDENCE -- Six adults and one child are temporarily homeless after an early morning fire damaged their Smith Hill home, according to the Fire Department.

The blaze began in the basement of a triple-decker at 87 Lydia St., and was reported to the Fire Department at 2:15 a.m., according to Assistant Fire Chief Michael J. Dillon. When firefighters arrived, all the occupants were out of the building and nobody was injured.

The Rhode Island chapter of the American Red Cross was on hand to help the displaced occupants with temporary lodging and other assistance.

The flames extended into the walls and traveled up to the first and second floors, according to Dillon. There was moderate fire damage to the basement and the first and second floors, and damage from smoke and water throughout, which together with the fact that electrical service was disconnected, left the house uninhabitable.

Firefighters had the blaze under control within 20 minutes.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

-- Journal staff writer Gregory Smith

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