A Boston firefighter made his way down a ladder during yesterday's five-alarm fire in Jamaica Plain, to which 115 responded. Occupants escaped the blaze at the historic house, but four firefighters were injured and $2.5 million in damage was estimated.
(NICOLAUS CZARNECKI FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE)
Torch caused fire at mansion
Renovation work cited; firefighters taken to hospital
A Boston firefighter made his way down a ladder during yesterday's five-alarm fire in Jamaica Plain, to which 115 responded. Occupants escaped the blaze at the historic house, but four firefighters were injured and $2.5 million in damage was estimated.
(NICOLAUS CZARNECKI FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE)
A painter using a propane torch to remove peeling paint from a pillar of a stately mansion set off a five-alarm fire yesterday afternoon in Jamaica Plain that injured four firefighters, fire officials said. (Full article: 417 words)
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