QUINCY, MASS. (WHDH) - Fire crews extinguished a blaze that broke out at a multi-family home in Quincy on Sunday morning.
Firefighters responding to a reported structure fire on Copeland Street around 5:30 a.m. found heavy flames shooting from the second and third stories.
Six people were inside the home at the time of the fire.
“My daughter and I were asleep and I heard someone scream, ‘call 911 call 911 get out of the house’ and when I looked outside there were flames on the first floor so I ran upstairs to the third floor and grabbed my daughter and my dog and ran out,” one resident said.
There were no injuries, but residents of the three-floor apartment building were displaced.
Firefighters say the blaze began on the third floor and traveled up through the second and third floors.
Fire officials say the home is a total loss.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Firefighters still pouring water on this multi-family home in #Quincy. Residents say 6 people were inside, all got out safely. @7News pic.twitter.com/SqePNbnfVv
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