Overview
- Fire crews responded around 8:30 a.m. Monday to a fire in the 300 block of Spring Street in Brockton and firefighters reported heavy smoke and ladder operations from the roof.
- Local outlets reported the building as 303 Spring Street and WCVB described the incident as a five-alarm fire, though that designation has not been independently confirmed by officials.
- Numerous area departments were called in for mutual aid because of the size of the blaze and aerial images show multiple ladders and crews working on the scene.
- WHDH said five residents were rescued and four firefighters were taken from the scene on stretchers after one firefighter called a mayday for low air, and authorities are investigating the cause.
- The situation remains active and developing with officials continuing firefighting operations and no official, detailed update yet on injuries, displacement or the fire’s origin.