QUINCY, Mass. — A day after finding families living in potentially dangerous conditions, Quincy inspectors are on the hunt for more illegal apartments.
NewsCenter 5’s Amalia Barreda reported that Quincy fire officials toured the city on Thursday, hoping to locate illegal apartments like the one that trapped a father and his two children in a fatal fire last month. Officials said that the apartments they identified during the sweeps may be the tip of the iceberg.
A home at 247 North Central Ave. is one example of the illegal rooming houses that dot the city, according to police. A task force found 10 illegal apartments in the building, which had no heat and only one working smoke detector, police said.
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