Boston Firefighters Battle 6-Alarm Structure Fire

December 16, 2016
ByFire Engineering Staff

Boston firefighters operate in frigid temperatures at the scene of a Charlestown structure fire.

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Boston (MA) firefighters responded on a frigid morning to a fire that went to six alarms in the Charlestown neighborhood, according to reports.

The fire occurred a three-floor building with a laundromat on the first floor and apartments upstairs.

The building includes six apartments on the second and third floors, according to the local CBS affiliate. Ten adults and one child were displaced from the building where the fire broke out.

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