Back Bay blaze displaces residents and causes $1 million in damage
A two-alarm fire displaced residents and caused about $1 million worth of damage to an apartment building in Boston’s Back Bay early this morning, said the Boston Fire Department.
No one was injured in the fire, said Steve MacDonald, spokesman for the Boston Fire Department.
Broken windows and charred, blackened bricks were visible today at 271 Dartmouth St., on the corner of Newbury Street, from the early morning blaze.
At approximately 12:30 a.m., the call came in for a fire on the fifth floor of the seven-story condo building above Madura, an interior decoration store, said MacDonald.
The fire was caused by a towel placed next to a coffee maker, which ignited the towel and spread to other combustible materials, he said.
The blaze was contained to the apartment, but other units in the building sustained smoke and water damage, said MacDonald.
The fire displaced multiple residents, who were placed on MBTA buses to keep warm and assisted by the American Red Cross, MacDonald said.
“Initially we had about 25 people sitting on the MBTA buses,’’ said MacDonald.
Some residents were allowed to reoccupy their apartments around 3 a.m., he said.
According to city officials, an estimated 25 people were displaced by the blaze.
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