By Michael Bonner
masslive.com
SOMERVILLE, Mass. — Residents in Somerville are crediting a police officer with saving their lives after a fire broke out in a multi-family home on Bond Street.
According to WBZ, one resident said a police officer went into the burning building and alerted residents to get out early Tuesday morning.
“Only reason we’re alive today is because of a police officer,” the man said told the television station. “He essentially kicked down all three doors to everyone living on the second floor. “Eight residents were displaced by the fire and one firefighter was taken to the hospital for dehydration, the report said.
Nine people without a home after a fire on Bond St in Somerville. One resident says a police officer kicked down the door saving his life and others. No cause for the fire yet @boston25 pic.twitter.com/bzXjDzO2lJ
— Evan White (@EvanWhiteIII) June 22, 2021
The neighboring house endured some exterior damage from the fire, which may have been started by smoking materials, the report said.
The exact cause, though, remains under investigation.
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