BOSTON (WHDH) - Fifteen people are left without a place to stay after firefighters battled a two-alarm house fire in Dorchester Tuesday evening, according to the Boston Fire Department.

Crews responded to 128 Capen St. for a fire at a three-family home, the department said in a post on X.

The flames tore through the second and third floor of the building, fire officials said.

Just before 8 p.m., the department announced that the blaze had been knocked down. Firefighters remained on scene Tuesday night. There were no reported injuries.

The cause remains under investigation.

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