Fall River firefighters battle blaze on Brayton Avenue; seven people displaced

FALL RIVER — Seven people were displaced from their homes in the South End on Friday night after fire tore through a home on Brayton Avenue.

Firefighters received the call shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Friday, according to Capt. Neil Furtado, and responded to a two-family home at 160 Brayton Ave. Everyone in the house was safely evacuated, including two children, as firefighters extinguished the blaze. The Red Cross is assisting the families.

Firefighters put the fire down in about 45 minutes. No one was injured.

Furtado said the fire appeared to be electrical in nature, and "looks like it started in a void space and had been smoldering for some time." He estimated the blaze cost the home about $200,000 in damage.

He said three engines, two ladder trucks, and several other pieces of apparatus were used in the incident.