Man Who Shot At Firefighters At Boston Fire Arrested: Reports

BOSTON, MA — A man who shot at firefighters responding to an apartment building fire in Boston on Saturday has been arrested, according to media reports.

The man's arrest was announced about 2:40 p.m., MassLive.com reported. He was injured, but no one else was hurt by either gunfire or in fighting the fire in the apartment building, that report said.

The man has not been identified.

The fire in the apartment building at 50 Fairlawn Ave. in the Mattapan neighborhood was reported about 11:35 a.m., NBC4 Boston reported. Firefighters who responded to the report heard gunfire not long after they arrived and a Boston SWAT team was called in, the report said.

The residents of the apartment building were evacuated safely and the fire was extinguished, the MassLive report said. None of the first responders were injured.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu praised the firefighters and police, saying, “Our first responder agencies really keep each other safe. The fact that Boston Fire was out and then needed a police response to back them up and then went back in and knocked down the rest of the fire with no one harmed in that situation — everybody’s safe — it’s really just a testament to how well-trained, how professional and dedicated our first responders are and how lucky we are as a city to have them."