Two-alarm Allston blaze sends two firefighters to hospital

Franklin Street fire. Photo by BFD.

A two-alarm basement fire in a low-slung commercial building at 61 Franklin St. was reported around 1:15 a.m., the Boston Fire Department reports.

Two firefighters were taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital, one with a knee injury, the other with a shoulder injury. Damage was estimated at $250,000.

Firefighters had difficulty getting into the basement under a laundromat to battle the blaze; at one point, they were ordered out of the building due to the odor of natural gas.