100 families displaced after fire at Westboro apartment building, officials say Boston 25 News [Video]

WESTBORO, Mass. — Firefighters requested mutual aid to battle a fire that displaced 100 families at a Westboro apartment building on Monday.

Engines 2 and 4 and Truck 1 responded to the fire on the seventh floor of the building at 293 Turnpike Road, fire officials said in a Facebook post late Monday morning.

Crews knocked the fire down, however the building now has “major water damage,” officials said.

Westboro fire (Westboro Fire Department)

“Multiple other calls ongoing in the community. No Westborough personnel available. Looking for mutual aid companies,” fire officials said.

Further details were not immediately available.

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