One person is dead and two people were rescued after an early morning fire burned through a multi-family home in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, firefighters said.
Firefighters were seen putting responded to the fire on Warren Street as early as 3 a.m. on Saturday. The fire burned through parts of the second and third floor of the building.
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Firefighters rescued 45 people from the building, 11 of whom have been displaced due to the damage, officials said.
According to a Boston EMS spokesperson, four people were taken to nearby hospitals.
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Fire crews were challenged by the 10-degree weather, which they said froze their water line and their gear as they climbed ground ladders.
Two firefighters sustained minor injuries.
No word on the cause of the fire.