MEDFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - Firefighters battled a heavy blaze at a Medford home that left four families displaced Monday afternoon.
When firefighters arrived at the multifamily home on Canal Street, the flames were raging on the second floor and eventually crept up into the roof.
SKY 7HD flew over the scene and captured flames shooting out of the roof as multiple firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze.
Several people were inside and had to run out of the home as the fire engulfed the structure.
As the smoke began to pour out of the bathroom vent, Aazjanaya Lee said she knew she had to act fast.
“I told my mom, ‘Let’s go,” she said. “Got my siblings, pushed everyone out of the house, banged on all the neighbors’ doors.”
The pounding on the door frightened downstairs neighbor, Denise Ortiz out of sleep.
She and her children made it out safely after a brief search for the cat.
No one was injured though decades of memories were lost.
“I lost everything, all my pictures, I have been collecting those for 30 to 40 years,” Ortiz said. “So upset.”
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Members of the State Police Crime Scene Unit were called to the scene.
Multiple agencies were called to the scene to assist.
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