My roommate Christopher Kain and I were driving along I-93 South back into Boston on Saturday afternoon following a visit to an old friend of ours in Melrose when Christopher noticed what turned out to be a large plume of black smoke and flames.
Christopher thought the fire might have been in Charlestown, but we later learned the fire took place in Cambridge and engulfed nearly a dozen homes (causing one of them to collapse) as well as several cars in what was a 10 alarm fire which required responses from a myriad of fire departments in the Metro Boston area. Amazingly there were no fatalities. The same could not be said of the warehouse fire in Oakland, California which is believed to have claimed the lives of two dozen people during a party.
Still, it is estimated there are 50 to 60 people in Cambridge who suddenly find themselves homeless. They have temporary shelter for now, but what about at Christmas and into the New Year?
At this point, the cause of the fire is unknown though it spread rapidly because of the high winds.
All things considered I am surprised this kind of thing doesn't happen more often. But for the Grace of God.
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