busy trying to save lives at this moment. gotten a lot of stuff in from boston ems and still working to find out what a nine alarm fire means and mark has it over here on the lead desk. generally, there s no standard alarm numbers. different cities do it differently, so it s impossible to tell unless you have the boston guide. it always corresponds to the number of firefighters they ve called. nine alarm is about as big as it gets. there are some that go as high as 12. we don t know how high boston b goes, but nine is about as high as they go. meaning they have called in about as many crews as they can. they have a terrible situation on their hands. again, back bay in boston and here, andrew is sending me more information. the building in question is at the heart of boston s back bay.