BROOKLINE, MASS. (WHDH) - Two firefighters were hurt while putting out an apartment fire in Brookline on Freeman Street.
Officials say one firefighter was taken to a hospital for burns to the neck, another experienced chest pains.
SKY7-HD spotted plumes of smoke just before 4 p.m.
Everyone who lives inside the home was able to get out uninjured.
Firefighters say a stairwell in the home collapsed at the peak of the fire.
At this time, firefighters are working to put out hot spots in the home.
A witness says she stepped out of her home when she smelled smoke from outside.
“Initially there was a large crowd of people… I started to choke from the smoke as I walked outside,” said one woman who witnessed the fire.
Fire officials are still working to find out how many people live in the home, and say the building is likely a total loss.
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