Fire that displaced dozens started on back porch – WCVB Boston

Fire that displaced dozens started on back porch

Updated: 4:48 PM EDT Aug 17, 2022

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IS NOW UNDERWAY. RHONDELLA? REPORTER: THIS HOME IS A TOTAL LOSS. A REAL NIGHTMARE HERE ON COTTAGE STREET. IT HAPPENED IN THE REAR OF THE YELLOW BUILDING. BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS TIGHTLY PACKED, THE ADJACENT HOMES HAD TO ALL BE EVACUATED. PEOPLE RAN OUT WITH NO SHOES AND NO CLOTHING. THEY ARE BEING HELPED BY THE RED CROSS WHILE OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE. THE REAR OF THE THREE STORY CHELSEA DUPLEX BECAME A RAGING INFERNO, AS RESIDENTS SLEPT. A COUPLE OF 911 CALLERS SAW IT FROM THE BEGINNING. >> IT LOOKS LIKE A GRILL OR SOMETHING CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRST FLOOR PORCH. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OFF. REPORTER: BY AFTERNOON, SOME OF THE 30 PLUS DISPLACED RESIDENTS RETURNED TO THEIR COTTAGE STREET APARTMENTS TO GATHER CHARRED BELONGINGS. MARCO RAMIREZ IS PART OF A FAMILY OF EIGHT AND LIVED ON THAT FIRST FLOOR. >> JUST TO START FROM ZERO WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? REPORTER: DID YOU SEE THE GRILL FIRE IN THE BACK? >> THERE WAS NO GRILL. REPORTER: YOU HEARD AN EXPLOSION? >> YEAH. REPORTER: OTHER RESIDENTS SAY THEY HEARD A LOUD BOOMING SOUND, BEFORE SEEING FLAMES AND MANY WATCHED A TEENAGE BOY RESCUED BY LADDER FROM THE 3RD FLOOR BY FIREFIGHTERS. EVERYONE ELSE SCRAMBLED AROUND MIDNIGHT TO SELF EVACUATE FROM THE FIVE ALARM BLAZE. >> THE ENTIRE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE WAS BURNING, THE PORCHES ARE GONE. >> WE STARTED WAKING UP EVERYBODY AND STARTED RINGING DOORBELLS, MY YOUNGER SISTER, AS WELL. >> WHEN I WOKE UP, I SAW THE FIRE AND TOOK THE KIDS AND RAN AWAY. REPORTER: THE FIRE VICTIMS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS AGREE ON ONE THING -- EVERYONE IS PRETTY TRAUMATIZED BY THIS BLAZE. THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. TWO FIREFIGHTERS RECEIVED NONE THREATENING INJURIES, INCLUDING ONE WHO WAS BITTEN BY A DOG DURING THE RESCU

Fire that displaced dozens started on back porch

Updated: 4:48 PM EDT Aug 17, 2022

Four residents and two firefighters were sent to the hospital after a five-alarm fire tore through a multi-family home in Chelsea early Wednesday morning.

Four residents and two firefighters were sent to the hospital after a five-alarm fire tore through a multi-family home in Chelsea early Wednesday morning.

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