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Student killed, firefighters injured in Boston 3-alarm fire

The Fire Department reported that all injured firefighters were treated and released from hospitals by Sunday afternoon

By Derek J. Andersonand Zachary T. Sampson
Boston.com

BOSTON — A Boston University student died and 15 people were injured, including two other BU students and six firefighters, when fire tore through a house in Allston early Sunday morning, the university and fire officials said.

The three-alarm blaze quickly spread through the house at 87 Linden St. around 6:30 a.m., Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said. He said 19 people were living in the house, but not all residents were home. There may have been some guests in the house, he said.

“There was a lot of fire, a lot of black smoke, and a lot of people,” MacDonald said.

Full story: Three-alarm Allston blaze kills BU student and injures at least 15, including six firefighters