BOSTON (AP) — Authorities say 11 people were injured and dozens of people were displaced by a fire at a Boston apartment building that housed mostly students.

The fire in the five-story building the city's Fenway neighborhood was reported just after 3 p.m. Saturday.

Seven residents were treated for smoke inhalation and four firefighters were injured, including two who were brought to the hospital with injuries not considered life threatening.

Many of the residents were students at Northeastern University, Emerson College and Berklee College of Music. Mayor Marty Walsh says his administration is working with the colleges to make sure the students have alternate housing.

The cause remains under investigation but Fire Commissioner Joe Finn says it appears to have started on the second floor and is not considered suspicious. </s> More than 100 residents, including dozens of college students, in the Boston-area were left without a home after a massive fire blazed through their apartment building, injuring 11.

The seven-alarm fire occurred just after 3 p.m. on Saturday at a five-story apartment building in Boston's Fenway neighborhood. The building is home to 114 residents, 70 of whom are students from Northeastern University, Berklee College of Music, Emerson College and Simmons University, according to the Boston Fire Department. More than 100 firefighters responded to the scene.

Those suffering non-life threatening injuries included six students, four firefighters and one non-student.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh tweeted shortly after the fire, giving his "heartfelt" thank you to first responders who helped ensure "residents could evacuate safely."

"I think it's scary for a lot of people, even parents who have kids around here, not necessarily in this building. But the Fire Department did an incredible job," Walsh, who was on scene Saturday, told NBC Boston.

The mayor also said his administration would work with colleges to make sure students have alternative housing.

According to fire officials, all residents of the building have been displaced and students were provided housing at their schools and non-students were provided shelter by the building manager.

The City of Boston Inspection team is investigating the scene. Officials told NBC News that the cause of the fire remains unspecified but that it appears unintentional. </s> The fire also displaced nearly 100 people, mostly students from Berklee College of Music, Emerson College, and Northeastern University who lived in the five-story building, officials said.

Fire crews used ground ladders to rescue people from 104 Hemenway St., which was destroyed by the fast-moving fire that sent roaring flames and thick smoke into the gray autumn sky.

Battling heavy rain and shifting winds, more than 100 Boston firefighters fought to contain a seven-alarm blaze that injured 11 people at a Fenway apartment building Saturday afternoon rescuing several people, officials said.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh said the city is working with the colleges to help students find new housing.

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“We’ll make sure everyone is housed in the near future,” Walsh said at an early evening press conference held about a block from the scene.

“It’s a very scary fire here,” he said.

Northeastern University officials issued a statement saying that they are making plans to place students affected by the fire in campus housing. Berklee officials in a statement said they are contacting students living in 98 and 104 Hemenway St. to ensure they have accommodations. Emerson College officials could not be reached for comment.

Firefighters responded at 3:17 p.m. to an alarm at the five-story building, where heavy fire was already underway on the second floor, Fire Commissioner Joe Finn said.

The roof soon collapsed and conditions rapidly deteriorated, forcing firefighters out of the structure shortly before 4 p.m.

“It really traveled pretty fast,” Finn said, addressing reporters at the scene. “It got ahead of us.”

Fire crews were hampered by a nor’easter that swept through Boston Saturday.

“It’s very difficult. The winds keep pushing the [smoke] one way, and then the other,” Finn said.

A pair of firefighters were transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, he said. Two other firefighters were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation, as well as six residents of the apartment building and an elderly neighbor, said Marc Sanders, a Fire Department spokesman.

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The fire, which quickly grew to multiple alarms, ripped through the brick building, which appeared to be a total loss with damages estimated in the millions of dollars, Finn said.

City property records show the building is owned by Bobson Residential LLC and has an assessed value of $4.2 million.

In a statement Saturday night, the Copley Group, which manages the property, said it is working with fire officials to determine how the fire started.

“Our priority is the safety of our tenants and ensuring that they have temporary housing until we have an opportunity to assess the building,” the statement said.

The fire appears to have originated on the second floor and the cause is under investigation, but is not considered suspicious, Finn said.

He blamed a “lack of sprinklers” for difficulty fighting the fire though he said smoke detectors were working.

At least a half-dozen fire trucks lined Hemenway Street. Ladder trucks were extended to the top of the building. At times, as many as 10 hoses shot water inside the building.

Jade Sal, 20, said she was among the residents rescued.

Sal said she and several neighbors were helped through a window from her third-floor apartment.

When Sal first noticed the fire, she tried to run down the stairs and escape outside, but was blocked by smoke.

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“There was smoke coming from both staircases going down,” said Sal, as she watched the scene from the sidewalk, wrapped in a firefighter’s jacket.

Three nearby apartment buildings at 98, 102, and 108 Hemenway St. were also evacuated Saturday, and it was unclear when those residents — who are also mostly students — will be able to return, Sanders said.

The fire at 104 Hemenway St. was able to spread into the top floor of 108 Hemenway, he said.

Flames could be seen on the roof of the Hemenway Street building Saturday afternoon. (Michael Swensen for The Boston Globe)

Boston firefighters responded to a large apartment complex at 104 Hemenway St. during heavy wind and rain Saturday. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)

An exhausted firefighter took a breather at the scene. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)

Garri Paul cried as she was handed her dog, Jax, by a firefighter who rescued him inside her burning apartment. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)

Firefighters climbed aerial ladders at the front of the building. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)

A firefighter smashed a fifth-floor window. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)

A firefighter took off his helmet at the scene. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)

A resident overcome with emotion stood under an umbrella. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)

Alana Levene can be reached at alana.levene@globe.com. John Hilliard can be reached at john.hilliard@globe.com. Lucas Phillips can be reached at lucas.phillips@globe.com. </s> CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Firefighters battled a massive fire on Saturday in Cambridge, Massachusetts, CBS Boston reported.

The fire was initially reported as a 9-alarm blaze, but a 10th alarm went out on Saturday afternoon, the Cambridge Police tweeted.

According to CBS Boston, two police officers and one firefighter were injured in the fire.

Fire Marshal says 2 police officers and one firefighter have been injured at Cambridge fire. Haven't said how badly. #WBZ pic.twitter.com/NfDXkSV69g — Brad Tatum (@BradTatum) December 3, 2016

Cambridge police spokesman Jeremy Warnick says there have been some injuries reported but none of them are serious. He says the city has opened up a nearby youth center for families displaced from their homes.



A plume of smoke could be seen for miles. Fire crews were called in from surrounding cities and towns.

Firefighters responded to a 9-alarm blaze in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Dec. 3, 2016. CBS Boston/@KatieBraceWBZ

Flames have extended to as many as seven buildings in the area. The building where the fire is believed to have started has collapsed. According to the fire chief, there was construction happening near that building. One of the buildings engulfed in flames is an old church that has been converted to apartment buildings.

Fire was shooting through the roofs of multiple structures.

10th Alarm struck; 7-8 buildings involved — Cambridge Local 30 (@CFD_Local30) December 3, 2016

The fire was reported just before 3 p.m. and reached nine alarms about 30 minutes later. It is not clear exactly where the fire began, but smoke could be seen throughout Boston billowing from the Cambridge buildings.

Firefighters have been called in from Newton, Waltham, Wakefield, and multiple other towns. Eversource said 782 customers are without power due to the fire. </s> EAST WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn — At least one person was injured after a fire broke out at a Brooklyn apartment Friday morning.

Fire officials received the call around 6 a.m. about a fire on the fifth floor of an eight-story building located at 417 Morgan Ave.

At least one person was injured, fire officials said. The status of their injury was not immediately known.

The fire has since been knocked down, according to the FDNY

This is a developing story; check back for updates and get the PIX11 News app to stay informed all day. </s> Criminal case to be filed in Bangladesh fire that killed 25

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladeshi housing official said Friday criminal charges would be filed against the owner of a building where a fire killed 25 people and which had four upper floors constructed illegally.

Minister for Housing and Public Work S.M. Rezaul Karim also pledged to take action against officials in his ministry if they were guilty of wrongdoing associated with allowing the added floors or other violations.

Raising buildings beyond approved design is rampant in Bangladesh, where the government is seeking fast economic development and the private sector is expanding.

The blaze that burned for several hours Thursday trapped people inside the building, some shouting for help from windows on upper floors and the roof. By Friday morning, no smoke was visible at the FR Tower on a busy avenue in Dhaka's Banani commercial district.

Mostak Ahmed, a deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told The Associated Press on Friday that the death toll rose to 25 with all but one identified. Based on information provided by relatives, no one appeared to still be unaccounted for, he said. "Still we are checking, if someone comes to us we will verify," he said.

The fire injured about 70 people, many of them now being treated at Dhaka Medical College Hospital's burn unit.

The fire was the latest in a country where crowding, flouted building regulations and safety norms have made deadly blazes common.

Last month, a fire in the oldest part of Dhaka, a 400-year-old area cramped with apartments, shops and warehouses, left at least 67 people dead.

In 2012, a fire at a garment factory killed at least 112 people trapped behind its locked gates. Less than six months later, another building containing garment factories collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people.

Another fire in a house illegally storing chemicals in Old Dhaka killed at least 123 people in 2010. </s> Fire at apartment building in China’s east province claimed lives of 22 people

At least 22 people have died in a fire, which broke out at an apartment building in the settlement near the Changshu county-level city of Chinese eastern province of Jiangsu, Sputnik reported citing local media.

The fire erupted at around 4:30 a.m. local time on Sunday [20:30 GMT on Saturday], three people were injured, the CCTV broadcaster reported.

The firemen managed to extinguish the blaze, the cause of the incident is being investigated, according to the broadcaster. </s> CHICAGO, Aug. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- A fire in a three-story apartment building in Chicago has resulted in eight deaths. Six children and two adults were killed after the fire broke out at 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, August 26th. Additionally, a teenager and young adult were taken to the hospital and are listed in critical condition. A firefighter was also injured while fighting the blaze. The building did not have a fire sprinkler system. Firefighters were unable to find working smoke detectors in the building. This is Chicago's largest fire fatality loss since the Cook County Administration Building high-rise fire that killed six people in 2004.

Chicago does not require fire sprinklers in existing apartments under 80 feet in height and when new apartments are constructed, fire sprinklers are not required until wood construction exceeds 30 feet in height. There have been three attempts to adopt the International Code Council (ICC) codes, which require all new apartments to have fire sprinklers and existing apartment buildings under 80 feet to have fire sprinklers when renovations occur in the building. Advocates have been educating and encouraging a change in the law for years, however, all attempts have been opposed by numerous building and real estate stakeholders.

This fire joins other recent fires in underscoring the need for fire sprinklers. A fire last week in San Antonio, Texas claimed the life of one, while a fire three weeks ago in San Marcos, Texas claimed the lives of five college students. Apartment and condo buildings present unique challenges for life safety, and as facts are examined, the realization that built in fire protection is needed becomes apparent. A fire in Prospect Heights, Illinois in July caused over $10 million dollars in damage to the River Trails condominium complex and placed hundreds of citizens' and firefighters' lives at risk. Not only are lives lost and lives changed forever for those injured, physically and mentally, but it is a loss of housing for the community and a loss of tax base. Fire in an uncontrolled state is devastating to lives, communities, and this country. Adopting the latest national building fire codes and standards will save lives and properties for decades to come, as these tragedies are avoidable.

"It's time for community leaders to realize there are steps they can take to ensure citizens and firefighters are safe," explains NFSA President Shane Ray. "Fire sprinklers are needed in apartment buildings. Progressive cities and states have required this for years, some, such as Maryland, for decades. Too many lives are being lost. We need to respond with proactive steps to make these buildings safer."

The National Fire Sprinkler Association is firm in the belief that fire sprinklers would have changed the outcome of these fires. The deaths of these unfortunate victims were needless and preventable. 2018 has been a year when, over and over again, our Association has had to respond to fatal apartment building fires across the country. Astonishingly, sprinklers were required in apartment buildings more than two stories in height and with more than 16 dwelling units in the 2000 edition of the ICC codes. Eighteen years later, unnecessary deaths are still occurring in apartment building fires across the U.S.

NFSA's Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board has also responded to this fire, with first-hand information about Chicago issues.

"Smoke alarms warn you when you have a fire and fire sprinklers stop a fire from becoming deadly," said Tom Lia, Executive Director, Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board (NIFSAB). "Fire sprinklers were not required when this apartment building was built, and sadly, Chicago codes do not require fire sprinklers if this same building were built today."

According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), fires are more deadly today due to modern furnishings. A fire can become deadly in less than two minutes (NFPA 2018). Fire is fast. Unfortunately, children and older adults often can't hear a smoke alarm or react fast enough to escape the smoke. Fire sprinklers are individually heat activated and only the fire sprinkler closest to fire goes off, keeping the fire small and allowing time for all to escape. We know that fire sprinklers buy time and time buys life. Fire and building codes are a minimum and should be adopted to protect lives and property in the future.

About the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA): NFSA was founded in 1905 and wants to create a more fire safe world and works to heighten the awareness of the importance of fire sprinkler systems from homes to high-rise and all occupancies in between. The Association is an inclusive organization made up of dedicated and committed members of a progressive life-saving industry. This industry manufactures, designs, supplies, installs, inspects, and services the world's most effective system in saving lives and property from uncontrolled structural fires. For more information about fire sprinklers, how they work and access to additional resources and information, visit www.nfsa.org for the latest material, statistics and a dedicated team of fire safety advocates ready to serve all stakeholders in order to fulfill the vision of a safer world. </s> BOSTON (AP) — Firefighters were struggling to put down a large fire that jumped from one building to another across a densely-populated neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday.

A large plume of smoke was visible for miles as heavy flames engulfed multi-family residential buildings, including a former church that had been converted to condos, and several automobiles.

Cambridge police spokesman Jeremy Warnick said seven buildings were on fire. He said some injuries were reported but none of them seemed serious.

Authorities said Saturday evening that two police officers and one firefighter were hurt but that no residents had been injured.

Fire crews were called in from surrounding cities and towns to help after the first calls came about 2 p.m. Saturday. They were still fighting the blaze long after the sun went down.

Some witnesses said the fire started at a residential building undergoing renovations.

Authorities said power has been shut off in the neighborhood and could remain out for most of the night. The city turned a recreation youth center into a shelter for displaced families.
A seven-alarm fire destroys an apartment building in Boston, Massachusetts, injuring 11 people and displacing 114 residents.