BOSTON (WHDH) - Nineteen people were displaced after a blaze ripped through a multi-family home in East Boston early Tuesday morning, officials said.
Crews responding to a report of a fire on Meridian Street around 12:30 a.m. found flames on the second and third floors of the home, according to the Boston Fire Department.
Firefighters braved frigid temperatures as they worked to extinguish the blaze.
The MBTA provided buses to keep displaced residents warm and the Red Cross is now helping them find housing.
There were no reported injuries.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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