Multi-alarm fire strikes 10-story Boston condo building; no injuries immediately reported

Multi-alarm fire strikes Boston condo building

BOSTON — Boston Fire Chief Ronald Keating says four people have been rescued from a fire at a 10-story condominium building in Boston’s Back Bay.

They were being evaluated at a hospital Wednesday afternoon. There was no immediate word on their conditions.

Keating says the building was evacuated, and it’s not clear how many of its 174 residents were home when the fire broke out early Wednesday afternoon.

Keating says investigators believe the fire began in a seventh-floor unit. Smoke spread to the eighth floor. It was brought under control a short time later.

Fire Commissioner Roderick Fraser said one firefighter also was taken to a hospital with chest pains.

Keating says the building had no sprinklers since it was built before they were required.

(This version CORRECTS that building did not have sprinklers, instead of smoke detectors)