Fire in Dorchester overnight, 22 residents displaced.
On Wednesday night, around 10:30pm, BFD responded to a call for a fire on 158 Harvard St. near Gleason Street in Dorchester. Smoke and fire were showing on the top floor of an occupied 3-family home. The fire spread to the roof, and a third alarm was ordered.
The Boston Fire Department reports 22 residents were displaced, but that all the residents of the home at the time were safely evacuated.
The fire was declared knocked down shortly before 11:10pm.
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