Firefighters douse four-alarm brush fire in Boston

(Justine Hunt/Globe Staff)

Battling the blaze on Reservation Road.

By John Guilfoil, Globe Correspondent

Boston firefighters were busy this afternoon when a brush fire in Hyde Park went to four alarms.

The fire broke out around 1:45 p.m.in a hilly, wooded area near Reservation Road and took the fire department several hours to knock down.

The lack of fire hydrants in the area meant more units were required to provide hose so firefighters could get to the flames.

"The chief hit four alarms on it because we needed manpower to get water to the fire," said Steve MacDonald, a fire department spokesman. "We had to drop several thousand feet of hose to have enough water supply to put out the fire."

MacDonald said there were no injuries and there was never any danger to surrounding homes.

"If it was a windy day today, there might have been a different story," he said.

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