Itself. Residents tell us anything happened quickly and it was a pretty chaotic scene to account for all the residents who were inside. It was so fast. So fast. As soon as we got out, the third floor blew up on that side. So we were lucky we got out before that happened. Reporter were you able to get any of your person things . No, we grabbed the baby, the youngest kid that was there and ran o in route had heavy smoke from a distance. Deputy struck a second alarm. Crews have been told there was a person inside. We went inside. They were doing an interior simultaneous attacking the fire as well as searching for occupants. Reporter back live. You can see some of the flames coming from the billing here at the intersection of East Haverhill and prospect in fact we talked to the mayor earlier, and he was urging residents to steer clear of this area i. Right now a lot of curious onlookers keeping an eye on this. The one resident of the Apartment Building is the a the hospital along with one
Seriously hurt here. As for jose do you feel like a hero . No, im not a hero like a normal person looking out for a neighbor. And stuff. Reporter fire chief says the injuries are described as nonlife threatening. Damage is around 400,000. No word on a cause. The red cross is telling us that as many as 30 people have been displaced by these fast moving flames here today. Live in lawrence tonight, steve coop e 7 anchor one person is dead after a crash on route 495. Emergency crews raced to the scene just after 2 00 today. Authorities are working to determine the cause of the crash. Kim tonight long ride home thanks to some rain moving through the area. We need it. Were in a drought still. Lets go to Jeremy Reiner who is tracking the weather. How long will the showers stick around . Reporter i think for another 2, 3 hours the brunt of the storm, round one. Its right on top of you, steady rain and lighter rain. Met wen through lawrence, carlisle up to north shore, sea coast, deep shade of
And prospect streets in Lawrence Janin Alvarez was taking a nap when someone came banging on their door. Alvarez grabbed her fivemonthold baby girl and made sure her special needs son escaped the fire. The family says the flames were getting close. We turned around and the window shattered. Reporter close to two dozen people are in and out without a home. Some of the fair victims say their belongings can be replaced but their lives cant. Whoever that teenager is, if youre watching this, thank you. If it wasnt for him, we probably would not be here right now. As for the firefighter, were as for the woman that was rushed to the hospital, were being told that she was taken for heartrelated issues. Tonight its still a mystery for what happened. Live on the scene last night at 10 00. An 84yearold is recovering from serious burns at a boston hospital tonight. His daughter is treated for smoke weve posted a link to that go fund me page on our web site, fox25boston. Com. To be at 11 00, an ele
Crews luckily were able to pull the woman from the burning building. Anchor Fire Fighters are still on the scene. Tim caputo live in lawrence for us with the latest information. Reporter still a very active scene behind me. The flames are out of this fire. A 3 story home at a busy lawrence intersection. A number of people were home when that fire broke out around 1 00 this afternoon. The huge shooting out of the roof top of this triple decker home. Several families live inside the house. Many of whom were inside at the time when the fire broke out this afternoon. When the Fire Department got here after 1 00 one woman was trapped on the third floor. Fire fighters went inside and rescued her from the burning building. The flames got so intense that the fire chief ordered that all of the Fire Fighters come out of battle the flames but from the outside. One fire fighter was injured rolling his ankle while battling these flames. Some even napping when the fire started. It was so fast. So fa
Thats starting to lighten up. By and large pretty good visibility. Bedford seeing a little bit of reduced visibility. Most of that fog is actually still across the cape and islands. That will mix out here gradually into the day. Temperatures are varied. 39 in jaffe. Mid 50s in marthas vineyard. Varied temperatures today. We will see upper 40s again. And were starting to see some moisture here. Than will just continue through most of this, this morning and early afternoon will be light showers for us. We do have some more heavy rain headed our way as we head into the later afternoon and your commute home from work. Looking to be a bit of a soaker. Breaking story that were following now this morning. Major water main break shutting down some main roads in bostons china town section. Look at the water on the street continuing to pour out on to the roadways. Lets get out right now to nancy chen following this story. Are hearing . Kris, good morning to you. The water hat stopped gushing. Th