Two Boston Firefighters Shocked at Two-Alarmer

Three Boston firefighters were hospitalized Saturday night after two suffered electrical shock and another experienced chest pains at the scene of a two-alarm blaze.

Dec. 12, 2011

Crews are at the scene of an apartment fire that sent three Boston firefighters to the hospital.

Three Boston firefighters were hospitalized Saturday night after two suffered electrical shock and another experienced chest pains at the scene of a two-alarm blaze.

Three Boston firefighters were hospitalized Saturday night after two suffered electrical shock and another experienced chest pains at the scene of a two-alarm blaze, according to WFXT-TV.

Crews responded to the fire at 25 Peterborough Street shortly after 8 p.m. on the first floor of the five-story apartment building in the Fenway neighborhood.

It took firefighters about an hour to put out the flames.

Damage to the building is estimated at $200,000 and the cause is currently under investigation.