WORCESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - Firefighters battled a massive blaze at a multi-story home in Worcester on Monday night that left six people without a place to live.
Crews responding to a report of a fire at a home on Westminster Street shortly before 5 p.m. found flames shooting from the roof and thick smoke billowing into the air.
Video from Sky7 HD showed several firefighters on ladder trucks working to knock down the raging flames.
Due to safety concerns, fire crews had to battle the flames from the outside, water supply and the home’s location also posed a challenge.
Jenna Prokopowich said she has lived in the home her entire life told 7NEWS that her grandfather was in the home at the time.
He was able to get out of the home unhurt.
“Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought that this would happen,” Prokopowich said. “My grandpa built that from bottom to top. 40-years of that house being built, it’s just unreal.”
A number of neighborhood streets were blocked off by emergency vehicles.
No injuries have been reported.
The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.
Scene on Westminster St in Worcester. A house fire has displaced 6 people. No reported injuries. Just spoke with woman who says she lives in house and that it was her grandfather's home he built. #7News pic.twitter.com/fQb5zvVqIH
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