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1 burned after fire at Fall River homeless encampment

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Fall River Fire and EMS responded to a fire with injures late Monday morning.

According to scanner transmissions, just after 11:30 a.m., a call came into dispatch for black smoke showing underneath the Charles Braga Bridge.

The smoke was coming from a homeless encampment in the area of Central and Davol Streets.

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Crews determined that it was a small trash fire which was quickly extinguished.

EMS treated one person who reportedly experienced burns in the incident.

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