Fire tears through Chelsea apartment house
(George Rizer/Globe Staff)
By Matt Collette, Globe Correspondent
A two-alarm fire tore through a Chelsea apartment house this morning and displaced six people.
No one was seriously injured in the blaze, which broke out at about 5 a.m. Fire crews from Chelsea, Everett, Boston, and Winthrop arrived at the two-family home on Lambert Avenue after a resident called 911.
The fire is believed to have started in the basement, authorities said, and heavily damaged the first floor apartment. The second floor apartment sustained smoke and water damage.
Crews stayed on the scene until about 8:30 a.m. One firefighter was injured after slipping on ice, but stayed on the scene until the fire was extinguished. He was taken to the hospital for x-rays but is "doing fine," said Acting Deputy Chief Edward Doherty of the Chelsea Fire Department.
"With these weather conditions, the streets just automatically turned to ice," Doherty said, noting that all the water the firefighters used to extinguish the flames quickly froze in the frigid temperatures.
It was the second fire in Chelsea this past week. The cause remains under investigation.
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