Sunday Morning Attic Fire Displaces Salem Family

Salem fire officials are still investigating a fire that broke out on the third floor a Lafayette Street apartment building early Sunday morning.

Salem firefighters extinguished a fire early Sunday morning that broke out on the third floor of a Lafayette Street apartment building and left a family of three looking for somewhere to stay. At about 4:32 a.m., local police and firefighters responded to 187 Lafayette St. after a tenant returning home from work reported a "burning smell" coming from the third floor, according to Deputy Fire Chief Glen Beaudet. It took local firefighters about 15 minutes to extinguish the fire, which extended up into the building's attic, Beaudet said. Beaudet was among the first to take a look around the building and said he was surprised to find that one of the upstairs electrical panels was red hot.  "(The tenant) took us up to look around and I was …

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