Heavy smoke was visible and residents were jumping out, or hanging from, windows of the four-story building at 1305 Acushnet Ave., where firefighters responded at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a fire, officials said.
One person has died in a building fire in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said. The fire was burning on Achusnet Avenue.
New Bedford fire officials confirmed that one man was killed in a massive fire that injured several others and destroyed a North End rooming house Tuesday.