Three-Alarm Fire Reported in Brookline
- A three-alarm fire erupted in Brookline and was brought under control by emergency crews early Sunday morning. - The blaze was reported under control by 7:26 AM on April 19, according to local scanner information. - Neighbor eyewitnesses and community posts followed the incident, with initial reports shared on Nextdoor (nextdoor.com).
A three-alarm fire tore through a Brookline Village apartment building early Sunday, sending one resident to the hospital with burns and forcing a balcony rescue. (boston25news.com) Brookline Fire Chief John Sullivan said the call came in at about 5:18 a.m. on April 19, and firefighters found heavy fire on the fifth floor when they arrived. Crews rescued a man from a balcony and got the blaze under control quickly. (boston25news.com) WCVB reported the fire started after a grease fire in a fifth-floor apartment at Village Way in Brookline Village. The rescued resident and his dog were taken off the balcony, and the man was hospitalized with burns to his hands. (wcvb.com) Brookline.News identified the address as 55 Village Way and reported the apartment where the fire started was destroyed. The outlet said the building’s lone resident in that unit and the dog would be displaced. (brookline.news) The fire was contained to one unit, but other apartments took significant water damage, according to Chief Sullivan’s account to WCVB. Boston 25 reported that several other residents were evaluated at the scene, and no firefighters were injured. (wcvb.com) (boston25news.com) The three-alarm designation meant Brookline called in a larger response as crews worked an early-morning fire in a multi-unit building. Brookline’s fire department says its mission includes fire suppression, rescue, emergency medical services and hazardous-material response. (brooklinema.gov) Chief Sullivan leads both the Brookline Fire Department and the town’s emergency management operation, according to the town directory. The town’s emergency management office says it coordinates local, state, federal and private resources during disasters and other emergencies. (brooklinema.gov 1) (brooklinema.gov 2) By Sunday afternoon, local coverage described the fire as extinguished, with investigators still working to confirm the cause and assess the damage. For residents on Village Way, the morning ended with one apartment gutted, several more soaked, and one resident recovering from burns. (brookline.news) (whdh.com)
