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Fire crews responded Tuesday morning to a fire that broke out in a triple-decker home in Westbrook.

A contractor using a blow torch to thaw frozen pipes ignited a small fire in the basement of the three-unit home on River Street about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday.

The fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes, said Deputy Fire Chief Steve Sloan.

The contractor was taken to a hospital with minor burns to his hands, Sloan said.

Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Press Herald since 2016. It is his second beat since being hired at the Press Herald in late 2012, when he left the Boston Globe's suburban news bureau....

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