Firefighters battling large fire on tightly-packed street in Chelsea
Firefighters from multiple departments were battling a large fire in Chelsea Friday.
The Cambridge Fire Department said its crews was heading to the scene of a five-alarm fire, according to a statement on social media posted just before 12:30 p.m.
Video from WCVB’s helicopter showed large plums of smoke rising from multiple homes in Chelsea. Flames were visible from the roof of a home on Maverick Street, the video showed.
The street features densely packed multi-family homes on both sides, according to images of the road.
Details on the cause of the fire or the extent of the damage were not immediately available.
This is a developing story…
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