AUBURN, MASS. (WHDH) - A three-alarm fire destroyed an American Legion Post in Auburn Friday night.

Fire crews responding to Chester P. Tuttle Post on Bancroft Street determined the fire started in the kitchen and spread to the roof.

More than 200 people were eating dinner on the first floor when the fire started. Everyone was safely evacuated.

The roof of the building collapsed after fire crews left the scene.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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