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11 displaced as Dorchester fire forces eight ladder rescues
Three people were hospitalized and expected to recover after flames spread through a Kerwin Street triple-decker. Eleven residents, including three children, were displaced.
What we knew first
- Eleven residents—eight adults and three children—lost the use of their homes when fire spread through a Dorchester triple-decker on Saturday morning, October 31, 2026. The Red Cross was helping them, but by that evening there was no announced date for their return.
