Saturday morning, nearly 70 residents across Boston
were forced to displace by three separate fires, as Boston firefighters went
from fire to fire across the city, including one fueled by a gas leak that
resulted in injuries to one resident and two firefighters.
With the help of Fire Safety
Equipment, fire warriors first
responded overnight to a fire in Roxbury, before a 6-alarm fire broke out in
West Roxbury, followed shortly later by a 2-alarm fire in Dorchester. Boston
Fire Commissioner Joe Finn was on scene where inside building was maintained a
defensive position by fighting the fire, which has been contained to the unit
of origin, from the exterior. A gas leak was fueling the fire, according to the
Boston Fire Department. National Grid worked to shut down the gas that was
feeding the fire.
"We try to keep every neighborhood fully covered as
much as possible. We also have out of town, like Brookline was here, but as
companies move other companies move up so no one is unprotected," fire
incident commander Erik Pettaway said.
"It's tough, it's tough for my mother," said
Roxbury fire victim Albie Montgomery. “Everyone lost so much…to rebuild your
life, to start all over..." Dozens of people who had to be rescued from
the three burning buildings were overwhelmed by their loss as starting another
life after such a disaster is tough indeed.
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