Firefighters rescue 4 by ladder in 3-alarm fire on Mechanic St.

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Firefighters rescue 4 by ladder in 3-alarm fire on Mechanic St.

FITCHBURG — Fire personnel battled a 3-alarm fire in a residential building in the downtown area early Monday morning and successfully extinguished the blaze after rescuing both human and animal occupants. According to a press release from the Fitchburg Fire Department, Group 1 Fitchburg fire companies were dispatched for the report of a fire in a residential building on Mechanic Street. Reports of the fire first came in shortly before 7 a.m. Mo…