BOSTON (WHDH) – Crews responded after a triple-decker home in Roslindale caught fire Thursday, according to fire officials.
Boston Fire Chief Paul Burke told 7NEWS the blaze at the home on Washington Street started on a back porch, raced up the back of the building, and onto the roof. Cellphone video taken by a bystander captured massive, orange flames spreading through all three floors of the building.
Firefighters initially thought no one was home, but when they checked inside they found a woman sleeping in her bedroom on the second floor. The woman’s son told 7NEWS they most likely saved her life…