Crime & Safety
Firefighter Injured in Fast-Moving Dorchester Blaze
A faulty circuit was found to be the cause.
BOSTON, MA — A Boston firefighter was injured Sunday night after a faulty circuit sparked a damaging fire in Dorchester.
The Boston Fire Department put the initial damage estimate at $350,000 to the 31 Harlem St. home.
After calling in four alarms, the flames were knocked down. It started just before 1 p.m.
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According to Boston Fire, the blaze began with a spark from a faulty circuit on the first floor of the two and a-half story house.
Two families lost their home, Boston Fire said, but none of the residents were injured.
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The hurt firefighter was taken to the hospital for what Boston Fire said was a minor burn to the leg.
RT @cruzbimmer: Boston MA, 4 alarm fire today on Harlem st in Dorchester first due footage. pic.twitter.com/JWZd3Gyysi
— DAMIAN DRELLA (@ENG1SFD) November 27, 2016
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