Crime & Safety
5-Alarm Fire Battled In Frigid Temps
All 14 residents of the multi-family Dorchester home were accounted for.
BOSTON, MA — Firefighters were battling a five-alarm blaze at a multi-family home in Dorchester into the early morning. All 14 residents from the three-family home at 7 Allston St. have been accounted for, the Boston Fire Department said.
Firefighters responded to the scene at 10:05 p.m.The fire has reportedly spread to another building.
The temperature in Boston was minus 1 degrees, and the wind chill factor was well below zero.
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Mayor Martin Walsh was being briefed at the scene before midnight.
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