Porch collapses in Dorchester home, 9 sent to hospital
An upper-story porch collapsed on a Dorchester triple-decker, sending nine people to the hospital, according to authorities.
The Boston Fire Department and Boston EMS responded to 39 Harwood St. in Dorchester at around 10 p.m. Friday for reports of a porch collapse. There, they found the third-story porch broken into a v-like shape.
Boston EMS reported that it transported nine adults, with injuries ranging from minor to serious, to area hospitals including Boston Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess and Brigham and Women’s.
A Boston Fire official said that the porch went through two collapses during a “large gathering” there.
“After the initial collapse there was a secondary collapse of the material that was on the deck,” Boston Fire Chief of Operations Rodney Marshall told reporters at the scene. “There was a refrigerator, and other various materials, up on the third floor that also collapsed.”
At approximately 10 this evening a 3rd floor porch collapsed injuring multiple people, at 39 Hardwood st. Dorchester. pic.twitter.com/J6i0LBq9jw
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) June 28, 2025
Property records show the six-bedroom, 3-bath multifamily home last sold for $970,000 in 2021, a nearly 341% premium over its sales price of $220,000 in 2008.
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