One injured in Raynham apartment fire

RAYNHAM, Mass. (WLNE)- The Raynham Fire Department extinguished a fire at an apartment complex on Friday evening.

Firefighters responded to 111 Leonard St. at around 5:10 p.m. and quickly put out the fire.

A 51-year-old man tried to put out the flames using a fire extinguisher before rescue arrived on the scene.

He suffered a serious burn to his leg and was flown to Rhode Island Hospital by a medical helicopter.

Two residents of the apartments will be displaced.

The fire department says that the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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