The inferno broke out around 2:43 p.m. Wednesday on Beacon St. in the city's Back Bay neighborhood. All available fire personnel have been called to help fight the massive blaze.
At least 17 people, including several firefighters, have been hospitalized after a 9-alarm, wind-whipped blaze broke out in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood.
The inferno began in the basement of a four-story brownstone at 298 Beacon St. around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, the Boston Fire Department tweeted. It since spread up through all the floors and out through the roof.
The 17 have been been taken to area hospitals, according to Boston EMS, but the extent of their injuries is unclear.
One firefighter was in cardiac arrest as his desperate colleagues loaded him into an amublance, WCVB-TV reported.
Firefighters work to put out a 9-alarm fire on Beacon Street in Boston.
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The fire on Beacon St. is scene from across the Charles River in Boston.
He was described as in serious condition by a fire department spokesman.
One of the firefighters is tended to by EMS personnel outside the fire.
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One of the firefighters is tended to by EMS personnel outside the fire.
One picture showed EMS personnel treating a firefighter on stretcher in a smoke-filled street.
The city is experiencing 45 mph wind gusts Wednesday so crews were fighting to keep the blaze from spreading.A 9-alarm fire means the blaze is severe enough to bring out all available fire crews, WCVB-TV reported. More than 150 firefighters are battling the fire from outside the structure.
No residents are reported missing. Massachusetts General Hospital says they are treating two patients.
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