BOSTON (WHDH) - Firefighters battled a 2-alarm fire that tore through a commercial building in West Roxbury on Thursday.
Crews arriving at the scene around 5:30 p.m. found heavy flames and thick black smoke billowing from the Morrell Street building, according to a post on the department’s Twitter page.
The roof collapsed and forced the firefighters to battle the flames from the outside.
At approximately 5:35pm , heavy fire showing on arrival . 2nd alarm struck on at 37 Morrell St. W. Roxbury in a one story commercial building pic.twitter.com/qYbm6ib2oh
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) April 30, 2020
All companies working, multiple deck guns , ladder pipes & hand lines working being used to control the fire.Exterior operations only since roof collapsed pic.twitter.com/5BI3mfUhNK
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) April 30, 2020
There were no reported injuries.
The blaze was knocked down about an hour later.
The cause remains under investigation.
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