BOSTON (WHDH) - Two people were hospitalized after a steam pipe ruptured in a nine-story plant in Boston on Friday morning, officials said.
Crews arriving at 165 Kneeland St. around 9:45 a.m. found steam coming from the top floor of the building after the pipe burst in the basement, according to the Boston Fire Department.
Firefighters rescued two people from the plant.
They were subsequently transported to Massachusetts General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
“With steam, there’re steam burns and you can see burns externally easy enough,” Boston EMS Deputy Superintendent Steven McHugh said. “Steam always brings with it the concern for inhalation injuries so they’ll have to be evaluated for inhalation injury as well, but at just first glance it would appear that they’re non-life-threatening
Boston Acting Deputy Fire Chief Chris Burke ordered all members of the department out of the building for their safety after the victims were removed.
Gas has been shut off until the steam leak gets isolated.
This is the second time firefighters have responded to the plant in two weeks.
On Oct. 4, crews battled flames on multiple floors of the building.
No additional information has been released.
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