‘They jumped one after another’: Women leap from third floor of Somerville apartment building to escape two-alarm fire - The Boston Globe

‘They jumped one after another’: Women leap from third floor of Somerville apartment building to escape two-alarm fire - The Boston Globe

The fire grew to two alarms and generated heavy flames and smoke, officials said.

Somerville fire most likely started with unattended candle

An aerial ladder and a ground ladder are seen raised to the second and third floors of 268 Powderhouse Boulevard. ~Photos courtesy of SFD. Update from the Department of Fire Services: Fire Officials: Extinguish Candles Before Leaving the Room or Going to Sleep The fire that broke out in an apartment building on Powderhouse Boulevard last night is not suspicious and most likely started with an unattended candle, said Somerville Fire Chief Charles…