Fire torches Pittsfield retirement home

Posted at: 01/17/2013 11:41 AM
Updated at: 01/17/2013 12:22 PM
By: WNYT Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - An overnight fire at a retirement home has forced 30 tenants out of their homes.

Fire investigators say a ceiling light overheated, igniting a fire on the top floor of the five story building.

A city shelter has been opened for temporary housing.

No one was injured.