Woman injured, three families displaced after fire at Lincoln home

LINCOLN, R.I. (WLNE) — A woman was injured and three families displaced after a fire at a multi-family home in Lincoln on Monday afternoon.

The Red Cross said it was helping five adults and one child after the blaze on Bouvier Avenue in the Manville section of Lincoln.

Manville Fire Chief Robert Bradley said a woman suffered a leg injury after jumping from a third floor window and was taken to Rhode Island Hospital.

Bradley said nothing but black smoke was visible when crews arrived just after 2:15 p.m., adding that a “fire ball” enveloped the second and third floors.

An aerial view of the fire (Will Robinson/Matt Lachance)

Neighbors described a frantic scene as residents attempted to escape the fire.

Bradley said, in addition to the woman who jumped from the third floor, three occupants on the second floor escaped on their own.

Three victims on the second floor suffered minor burns, according to officials.

Emergency crews respond to a fire at a home in Lincoln (WLNE)

Authorities said no firefighters were injured in the incident.

The fire is still under investigation, per officials.