Kitchen Fire Forces 18 to Evacuate Building

An early morning fire forced the evacuation of about 18 people from a boarding house on Union Street.

The fire started in a back common kitchen on the top floor about 2 a.m. and spread up through a vent. It took almost two hours to ensure it was it completely out.

Some occupants of the building at 174-178 Union St. were coming out as firefighters were going in and they assisted the rest in exiting the building. More than a dozen people, some wrapped in blankets passed out by Northern Berkshire EMS, watched firefighters tackled the stubborn blaze.

Read all the details at iBerkshires.com