10 displaced after fire rips through triple-decker in Chelsea, Mass.
Updated: 11:32 PM EST Nov 12, 2017
10 displaced after fire rips through triple-decker in Chelsea, Mass.
Updated: 11:32 PM EST Nov 12, 2017
WEBVTT MARY: IN THE DARKNESS, RESIDENTSWATCHED AS FIRE CREWS RACED TOCONTAIN THE FLAMESTHIS AFTERNOON, THEY RETURNED TOTHEIR APARTMENTS AT 43 SAGAMORESTREET, TO GATHER UP ANYTHINGWORTH SALVAGING.>> IT STARTED ON THE 3RD FLOOR.CAME DOWN, WE HAD A LOT OF WATERDAMAGE ON THE FIRST FLOOR.MARY: RAFAEL AYALA AND SEBASTIANRAMIREZ LIVED ON THE FIRSTFLOO-- ON THE SECOND FLOOR.THE 2 WILL STAY WITH FRIENDSWHILE THEY APARTMENT HUNT.THE SILVER LINING?THEIR DJ EQUIPMENT WAS MOSTLYSPARED. >> WE SAVED ALL OUR RECORDS, OURTURNTABLES, OUR MIXER, SOMEPICTURES, CLOTHEMARY: IT WAS JUST BEFORE 1:00A.M. WHEN FLAMES BROKE OUT ONTHE 3RD FLOOR, AND QUICKLYSPREAD.FIREFIGHTERS JUST ACROSS THESTREET HAD IT CONTAINED IN 15MINUTES, AND KEPT IT FROMSPREADING TO NEIGHBORING HOUSES.BUT DAYLIGHT REVEALED THE EXTEOF THE DAMAGE. >> A LOT OF BURNT-UP STUFFEVERYTHING'S MELTED.MARY: WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO REHABTHIS HOUSE
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10 displaced after fire rips through triple-decker in Chelsea, Mass.
Updated: 11:32 PM EST Nov 12, 2017
Ten people are without a home after a fire tore through a triple decker in Massachusetts. Firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire Sunday morning at a building on Sagamore Avenue in Chelsea.Crews had to use a fire truck’s ladder to battle the blaze on the top floor of the building. Firefighters were able to contain the fire, but the fast moving blaze gutted the third floor and fire and water damage impacted the lower levels. No one was injured, but ten people are now left trying to figure out where they will live. The Red Cross said two of those displaced were children.The cause of the fire is under investigation.
CHELSEA, Mass. —
Ten people are without a home after a fire tore through a triple decker in Massachusetts.
Firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire Sunday morning at a building on Sagamore Avenue in Chelsea.
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Crews had to use a fire truck’s ladder to battle the blaze on the top floor of the building.
Firefighters were able to contain the fire, but the fast moving blaze gutted the third floor and fire and water damage impacted the lower levels.
No one was injured, but ten people are now left trying to figure out where they will live. The Red Cross said two of those displaced were children.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.