Firefighters battled a huge fire in Brockton, Massachusetts, overnight.
The fire started in a large building housing several businesses before spreading to a home behind it, which sustained minor damage in the form of some melted siding.Get New England news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.Brockton Fire Chief Brian Nardelli said they were first called to the scene around 1:30 a.m. First responding firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke already coming from the ceiling of the structure.
"Initially when they went around to the back of the building they saw two people coming out of the the basement," the fire chief said."It appears they may have been staying there, it's not clear right now. Heavy fire was throughout the entire ceiling space." A soul food restaurant, a convenience store and a beauty salon all share the building, but none of them were open at the time.
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