BOSTON (WHDH) - A raging fire at a three-family home in Dorchester spread to adjacent buildings and a car early Friday morning, leaving 19 people displaced.
Firefighters responding to a reported fire at 24 Fairmount St. around 4:40 a.m. ordered a fourth alarm as they battled the fast-moving flames that had spread to 20 Fairmount St., 26 Fairmount St., a garage in the rear of 28 Fairmount St., and a car in the driveway, according to the Boston Fire Department.
Porches in the back of 24 Fairmount St. collapsed after the rear of the house became fully involved in fire.
Nineteen people were forced out of their homes, including two children.
There were no reported injuries.
Kristen Handricken rushed out of her house as flames began to approach it.
“It sounded like gunshots but it was just the windows popping,” she recalled. “That’s when we saw orange flames heading toward my kitchen. My windows started to crack and pop and we just started to call and yell.”
Around 100 firefighters responded to the scene to contain the fire.
The blaze left behind roughly $2 million worth of damage.
The cause remains under investigation.
No additional information has been released.
#NEW video showing this morning's fire on Fairmont Street in Dorchester. #7News pic.twitter.com/ulBezdudzD
— Michael Yoshida (@YoshidaCNN) September 18, 2020
This is the aftermath in the rear of Fairmount St. There are 19 people displaced @RedCrossMA and @COB_ONS helping with the displaced. Damages are estimated at 2 million. BFD-FIU on scene to determine the cause of the fire. pic.twitter.com/tQxrc7lZdB
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) September 18, 2020
#UPDATE @BostonFire say 19 people displaced including 2 children. No reported injuries. Around 100 firefighters involved in the effort. Investigation into cause of fire now underway. #7News
— Michael Yoshida (@YoshidaCNN) September 18, 2020
The rear of 24 Fairmount St was fully involved in fire the rear porches have collapsed. pic.twitter.com/xx5wdeCDIx
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) September 18, 2020
A corrected location of the 4th alarm. The original fire building was 24 Fairmount St .The fire extended to the two adjacent buildings 20 and 26 Fairmount and to a garage in the rear of 28 Fairmount. pic.twitter.com/RG3m4b3Tov
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) September 18, 2020
The fire has ignited a car in the driveway and spread to the adjacent building. All companies are working. pic.twitter.com/vzjBM5AqZW
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) September 18, 2020
At approximately 4:40 companies arrived at Ogden St Dorchester to heavy fire in a 3 family building . A 4th Alarm was ordered pic.twitter.com/Qic54MW8BA
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) September 18, 2020
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