2-alarm building fire in Mission Hill displaces 8 people

Posted: 08/08/12 at 7:55 am EDT      Last Updated: 08/08/12 at 8:51 am EDT

BOSTON (WHDH) -- The Boston Fire Department responded to a building fire at 3:20 Wednesday morning.

Fire was showing in the first floor of a triple-decker home on Parker Street in Mission Hill.

A next door neighbor had pulled the lever on a street box to summon firefighters.

Two residents were transported by Boston EMS to the hospital. One woman from the third floor had smoke inhalation and a man from the first floor suffered burns.

Damage was estimated at $200,000. Eight people have been displaced and fire investigators are now on scene looking for a cause and point of origin.

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