Fire Destroys Multi-Family Quincy Home, Displacing 7

QUINCY, MA — A fire completely gutted a multi-family home in Quincy Sunday morning, leaving seven people without a home.

The blaze tore through the house on Copeland Street early Sunday morning. Firefighters received the call at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday and arrived to see flames shooting from the second and third-story windows, reported WHDH News 7.

“My daughter and I were asleep and I heard someone scream, ‘call 911 call 911 get out of the house’ and when I looked outside there were flames on the first floor so I ran upstairs to the third floor and grabbed my daughter and my dog and ran out,” one resident told the news station.

One firefighter suffered a minor injury while battling the blaze, and the American Red Cross is working to find shelter for the seven people displaced, according to the Boston Herald. The cause of the fire was under investigation.

Deputy Fire Chief Ed Fenby told the newspaper, the home is likely a total loss.

“The fire burned through the roof. The building will probably need to be raised,” he said.