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Firefighters look over the damage from a fire Thursday at Beckley West Apartments. Rick Barbero

August 27, 2010

Sarah Plummer Register-Herald Reporter The Register-Herald Fri Aug 27, 2010, 12:05 AM EDT

— Firefighters from four departments responded to a fire Thursday evening at Beckley West Apartments.

Officials said the cause of the apartment fire was under investigation. Bradley-Prosperity Fire Chief Bruce James could not be reached for details.

A Mount Hope firefighter said the fire “looked like it was concentrated around the downstairs kitchen, but we won’t know anything for sure until later on.”

Firefighters pumped water through a portal that was cut into the roof.

Apartment resident Helen Wiggins said, “I have not even been home all day so I don’t know what happened, but I can tell that I don’t have anything left.”

The Bradley-Prosperity, Mount Hope, Mabscott and Oak Hill fire departments responded to the scene, along with Jan-Care Ambulance.

There was no immediate reports of injuries.

— E-mail: splummer @register-herald.com

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