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Police Rescue Elderly Woman From 'Fully-Engulfed' Structure Fire Police Rescue Elderly Woman From 'Fully-Engulfed' Structure Fire
Police Rescue Elderly Woman From 'Fully-Engulfed' Structure Fire Officers could hear the screaming coming from inside of the burning building. On Saturday, Feb. 27, emergency responders were called to a multi-unit dwelling on Chilmark Street that had become fully engulfed in flames, police said. At around 1:20 a.m., when Worcester Police first got on the scene, they observed people in the rear common hallway screaming for help as smoke filled the corridor. The people calling for help were two men who were struggling to get an elderly woman down the staircase to safety. Two police officers ran into the burning building, found the woman, and carried he…

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