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Firefighters respond to early-morning apartment fire in Dorchester

No injuries were reported

Boston firefighters worked overnight to extinguish an apartment fire in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood.

The fire was reported shortly before 2 a.m. on Columbia Road on the first floor of a 4-story brick building that also houses an H&R Block office.

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The glass door in front of the building even shattered due to the heat.

About 20 residents were displaced by the fire, but no injuries were reported.

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