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Local 718 tweets a fire broke out in a heating unit at Pho Hoa, 17 Beach St., around 11 a.m.

The Boston Fire Department tweets the fire did roughly $100,000 in damage and that firefighters checking upper floors of the building found "a large room for sleeping" on the fifth floor, more "illegal rooms for people to sleep in" on the second floor and a social club on the third floor with "what appeared to be many code violations." Police and Inspectional Services are now handling the investigation.