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SAINT JOHN EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDED TO A FIRE AT MANSFIELD PLACE IN THE FUNDY HEIGHTS IN SAINT JOHN WEST

.....Seven people have been forced out of their homes after a kitchen fire broke out at an apartment building in west Saint John on Tuesday.Dan Bedell, the communications director for the Canadian Red Cross in Atlantic Canada, said the blaze started in the morning on the second floor of a six-unit building at 263 Mansfield Pl.'An 81-year-old man who lived in the apartment where the fire started was checked at the scene by paramedics for minor smoke inhalation.Bedell said his apartment was badly damaged and disaster volunteers arranged emergency lodging, food and winter clothing.