A three-alarm fire that broke out around 3:42 a.m. Friday morning in the third-floor apartment of a multi-family home at 143 Choate St. has displaced 19 residents, including 10 children.

One woman who lived on the third floor is being treated for second-degree burns at Rhode Island Hospital but remains in stable condition, according to Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon. Another resident and a child were treated for smoke inhalation. 

Djeny Joseph, who has owned the home since 2022, said she received the call at 3:49 a.m. from one of her tenants alerting her that the home was engulfed in flames. Joseph, who lives in Randolph, “flew here,” she said. “When I came, it was really heartbreaking.”

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