Blaze ravages two Eastie triple-deckers

A five-alarm fire tore through two neighboring triple-decker homes in East Boston early yesterday, displacing 34 residents and leaving two firefighters with minor injuries, authorities said.

Firefighters responded to 1051 Saratoga St. just before 1 a.m. and found the rear porches on fire before the blaze later spread to a neighboring home, said Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald.

Everyone inside was safely evacuated, said MacDonald. They were fleeing out of the two buildings as firefighters were arriving.

Josephine Ruggiero, a St. Andrew Road resident, said she worried the fire would spread to her home, which backs up to the two buildings on fire.

It was horrible, said Ruggiero. The flames were really bad. It was unbelievable like an orange ball of fire.

Daiki Sato, 22, who carried several black trash bags of his belongings, said he only found out about the fire when he showed up to move into a second-floor apartment at 1053 Saratoga St. yesterday. He said he hadnt met his roommate yet.

Two firefighters one with a knee injury and the other with heat exhaustion were treated and released, according to MacDonald.

The blaze began at 1051 Saratoga St. and later spread to 1053 Saratoga St.

The fire was in one building and it jumped to another building, said MacDonald. Theres probably 7 feet between each house. The houses are close together.

Damages were estimated at $1 million and the cause of the fire remains under investigation, MacDonald said.

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Blaze ravages two Eastie triple-deckers