The week started in Dorchester with a new building fire, this time at a residential building located at 83 Holmes Avenue.
Around 6:25 AM the Boston Fire Department responded to a fire on the third floor of the mentioned property. At arrival, the blaze was showing from the floor and extended to the roof.
The fire was knocked down by 7:15 AM.
This is what the 1st arriving companies saw on arrival at the 2nd at 83 Holmes Ave in Dorchester, pic courtesy of @LiveBoston617 pic.twitter.com/UBL0v6TmGX
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) August 19, 2019
Four residents were displaced, and one person was rescued and taken to the hospital, according to Deputy Chief Bernard Tully.
The fire investigation unit works to determine the cause of the incident, and the estimation of the damage is $ 400,000.
