A Boston firefighter was injured by falling bricks while battling a three-alarm fire Monday.
The fire broke out shortly after 4:30 p.m. at a three-story apartment building in the city's Roxbury neighborhood, WBZ-TV reports. Flame were fueled by wind, creating a fast-moving fire that engulfed the buildings third floor and attic.
“Heavy wind up on the top floor, with the heavy fire it just whips up the fire and makes it a blast furnace,” Boston Fire Commissioner John Dempsey told WBZ. “We couldn’t get enough water on it quick enough.”
As crews worked to keep the fire from spreading to neighboring buildings, they were ordered to exit the building as the roof was collapsing. One firefighter was taken to the hospital after being struck by falling bricks while getting out of the building.
Residents were able to escape the burning building, but one civilian was taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries.
