“I’m just grateful no one is hurt,' Mayor Martin J. Walsh told reporters Friday.
Firefighters work to extinguish flames at a building in East Boston’s Orient Heights neighborhood on March 15, 2019, after a fire broke out at the New England Casket Company. By Michael Brice-Saddler Michael Brice-Saddler General Assignment Reporter Email Bio Follow March 15 at 10:13 PM An East Boston neighborhood was forced to evacuate Friday afternoon after a fire enveloped a local casket company and quickly evolved into a gigantic, nine-alarm blaze.
Fire officials said the casket company resides at the end of several water lines, and weak water pressure impeded their ability to efficiently battle the flames, the Boston Globe reports. A local metro line was also closed due to the fire. — Boston Fire Dept. March 15, 2019 Finn said the Orient Heights neighborhood was evacuated out of an “abundance of caution.” Lacquers used to finish the caskets tainted the air with chemicals, Finn said, though officials determined that the air quality was within an acceptable range overall.
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