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1 Dead In Early Morning Cambridge Apartment Fire; 15 Left Homeless
One person is dead, and more than a dozen are without homes to begin the new year after an early morning fire in Cambridge burned through an apartment complex, officials said. The blaze began just after 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 2, at a four-story Chester Street apartment building, state fire officials said. Investigators believe the fire started in a second-floor apartment at the front left of the building. The body of the occupant was found inside. Authorities have not released their name pending family notification. Firefighters had the blaze under control by 5:15 a.m…
Police & Fire
6 Displaced In Mattapan 2-Alarm Fire: Boston FD
Six people were displaced after firefighters in Boston were called to a heavy fire in Mattapan on Friday morning, Nov. 17. Crews arrived at a two-and-a-half-story home on Rector Road and successfully put out the flames coming out of the roof and walls of the top level. Heavy fire thru the roof as companies continue to chase the Fire through the building. All companies are working pic.twitter.com/jR5YNkXWPi — Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) November 17, 2023 The department said it had knocked down the fire shortly after 11 a.m. Companies have to work around the wires to reach the ro…
Police & Fire
Firefighters Hurt, 30 Left Homeless In Raging Boston 4-Alarm Fire
An occupied home turned into a pillar of fire on Monday, Aug. 7, sending firefighters scrambling to extinguish the blaze. A 3-family home at 20 Irma Street in Boston caught on fire Monday afternoon, with the flames speaking to two nearby buildings and becoming a four-alarm conflagration, Boston firefighters said. Heavy fire in the rest of 20 Irma St. A 3 family occupied building.The fire has spread to 2 adjacent buildings at 16 and 24 a 3rd alarm has been ordered pic.twitter.com/rZgEcoMHEE — Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) August 7, 2023 Three firefighters were injured fighting back …
Police & Fire
2 Firefighters, 2 Residents Hospitalized In Brockton 4-Alarm Fire Engulfing Pair Of Buildings
Escaped residents of one of two burning buildings were stuck in a backyard until firefighters chopped through a fence and released them, officials say. An early morning fire started at a large residential building at 37 South Street in Brockton on Thursday, June 1, sending four people to the hospital and rendering one building a total loss, according to Brockton Fire Chief Brian Nardelli. Calls came in around 2:45 a.m., sending firefighters to the scene of a three-story, wood-frame house from which fire was billowing out of windows and off the porch. At 2:48 this morning, Brockton F…
Police & Fire
Man Dies A Day After Being Burned In Methuen House Fire: Fire Marshal
A man who was hospitalized Friday night, April 14, after a fire broke out in the bedroom of his Methuen home has died, authorities said. Investigators believe smoking materials sparked the blaze on the third floor of the triple-decker at 97 Phillips St. Officials did not release the man's name. Methuen fire crews were called to the house just before 6 p.m. and saw smoke billowing from the third floor. They found a man inside on the floor and carried him to safety. Paramedics rushed him to an area hospital, where he died hours later, the state fire marshal said. Firefighte…
Police & Fire
Microwave Determined As Cause Of Doubly Fatal New Bedford Fire
A catastrophic fire that resulted in two deaths had an accidental start from a common household appliance, officials say. The cause of a fire that decimated an apartment building located on Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford on Tuesday, March 28 has been determined to be an accident involving either a microwave or the wall outlet the microwave was plugged into, according to the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services. Read more: Second Victim ID'd, 5 Hospitalized In Fatal New Bedford Fire The fire started in room 205, located to the back left of the building's second floor, an investigati…
Police & Fire
Residents Rescued, Displaced By Basement Fire At Central Mass Home: Report
Twelve people were displaced and one was taken to the hospital after a three-alarm basement fire tore through a home in Central Massachusetts, officials and reports said. Fitchburg Fire responded to the fire at a 8 Plymouth Street on Thursday morning, Feb. 16, Fitchburg Fire said on Facebook. 02/16/2023 07:45 Earlier this morning, Group 4 companies responded to 8 Plymouth St for the report of a residential... Posted by Fitchburg Fire Department on Thursday, February 16, 2023 Three people were rescued from the top floor the home and one was taken to the hospital, Boston25 reports. Off…
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Neighbor Rescues Mother, Children From 3-Alarm Boston Fire That Displaced 9
A heroic neighbor helped save a mother and her two children who were trapped inside a burning Boston home that was destroyed by at three-alarm fire, authorities said. The fire started at 10-12 Delford Street in Roslindale around 12:10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, Boston Fire said on Twitter. Responding crews found people were trapped inside the two-story building, that was quickly going up in flames. At approximately 12:10 heavy fire from 2 1/2 story occupied building building this is now a 3rd alarm all companies are working pic.twitter.com/EqDNixc0Yt — Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) …
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