Two Boston firefighters were killed Wednesday in a fire that ripped through a brownstone in a densely-populated neighborhood, a city councilor says.
The fire started shortly before 3 p.m. in the four-story building in the city's Back Bay area. Smoke and flames fanned by strong winds poured from the roof and windows for hours.
Councilor Josh Zakim, who represents the area, confirmed the firefighters' deaths.
Details of how the firefighters died weren’t immediately available, The Boston Globe reported. But some firefighters had been trapped in the burning building’s basement, officials said.
The Boston Police Patrolman's Association tweeted condolences to the Boston Fire Department early Wednesday evening.
Smoke and flames poured from the roof and windows of a four-story brownstone in the densely populated Back Bay neighborhood after the blaze was reported shortly before 3 p.m.
EMS spokesman Nick Martin said 17 people were taken to hospitals. MacDonald said there were no reports of residents missing and it appeared everyone who was inside at the time had escaped.
An assistant district attorney was being sent to the scene, standard procedure in cases in which there are serious or potentially life-threatening injuries, said Jake Wark, a spokesman for Suffolk District Attorney Dan Conley. There was no immediate word on the cause of the fire.
The fire snarled traffic in the neighborhood, and major thoroughfare Storrow Drive was shut down for a time.
Despite strong winds and cold temperatures, people gathered to watch firefighters work from outside the building.
"The smoke was unbelievable," said Kayla Dasilva, who lives a few blocks away and went with her roommate to see what was happening.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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