Milton mansion destroyed in fire

(George Rizer/Globe Staff)

By Kate Augusto, Globe Correspondent, and George Rizer, Globe Staff

MILTON -- A four-alarm fire tore through a mansion this morning on Brush Hill Road in Milton, police and fire officials said.

One woman lives in the rambling, dilapidated Victorian, and she ran to a neighbor’s to call for help when she spotted flames, said Deputy Chief Paul Nolan of the Milton Police Department. The woman had been smoking, but it was not immediately clear whether that caused the fire, Nolan said.

“I believe it’s a total loss,” Nolan said of the two-story mansion, which is set about 150 yards off the street and hidden by trees.

Firefighters responded at 5:49 a.m. and quickly activated more alarms because the house was engulfed in flames. Firefighters from Boston, Canton, and Randolph helped battle the blaze.

It took almost two hours before crews had the blaze under control.

(George Rizer/Globe Staff)