Fire crews battle 3-alarm blaze in Quincy

QUINCY, MASS. (WHDH) - Fire crews from several communities battled a raging, three-alarm house fire in Quincy Friday afternoon.

Twenty-five mile per hour wind gusts fueled the flames that could be seen shooting out of the side of the home on Winthrop Street when firefighters arrived around 3:30 p.m.

“With the wind, the house was engulfed in a matter of minutes,” neighbor Dan Hockey said.

The nine people who live in the home are displaced.

The fire appears to have begun on the second floor as a man charged a vehicle battery.

He was able to help get his loved ones out of the three family home but not before suffering a burn injury to his hand.

The fire became so intense so quickly that firefighters were ordered out of the home.

“The fire blew out the second-floor window, the siding took off pretty good and that combined with the wind was a pretty serious condition,” Fire Captian Steven Baylis said from the scene.

Fire officials tell 7NEWS they fought the fire from the outside after receiving a call from police, who believed there were some 50 rounds of ammunition in the home.

No ammo was found.

Several nearby homes were evacuated.

The home is a total loss.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

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