Five-alarm fire rips through East Boston triple deckers
By adamg on Sat, 10/04/2014 - 8:14am
A fire at 1051 Saratoga St. jumped to 1053 Saratoga before being brought under control, the Boston Fire Department reports.
Two firefighters were injured while battling the fire, reported at 12:53 a.m., the department says - one with heat exhaustion, one with a knee injury.
No residents were injured; 34 were displaced, the Red Cross says.
The department estimated damage at $500,000 for each building. Inspectors were called in to try to determine the cause of the fire.
Casey Leish captured the flames shooting into the sky:
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Is it just me, or has there
Is it just me, or has there been a lot of fires in Eastie lately?
isn't this the second really bad fire in that immediate area
within the past few weeks?
That part of Eastie rarely
That part of Eastie rarely has apartment building fires, the last major fire in that area was the East Boston yacht club in the late 1990's, that fire was a 9 alarmer.
I agree a lot of Fires in
I agree a lot of Fires in Eastie in recent months, everytime I hear sirens at night, I go to the app (Tunein radio) and type in Boston Fire and listen in, and find out where the fire is in Eastie .