SPRINGFIELD, MASS. (WHDH) - Springfield firefighters battled a five-alarm blaze that broke out in a large building early Saturday morning and left 16 people displaced.

Images from the scene showed firefighters using a ladder truck to fight the flames on Wilcox Street around 1 a.m.

There were no reported injuries.

A preliminary investigation suggests the fire started in a lower-level apartment and spread through the building.

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