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Fire chief: Residents jumped out of 2nd story window to escape Somerville fire

SOMERVILLE, Mass. — Crews battled flames at a home in Somerville early Friday morning.

The fire broke out on Appleton Street just after 2 a.m. The multi-family home is just a few blocks from Davis Square.

Fortunately, everybody made it out of the home safely, though four people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

"I was sleeping and I just heard this beeping noise and screams," Adam Lawrence told FOX25's Michael Henrich. "As I sort of became more awake...as it became more real, as soon as I open up my door I smelled the smoke and I started to see an orange glow coming from the back."

According to the fire chief, some people jumped out of second story window to get to safety.

Firefighters stuck around for hours putting out hot spots. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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