Abandoned Haverhill mill gutted by fire again: "An eyesore. It's been here a long time."

A huge fire tore through an abandoned mill in Haverhill, Massachusetts early Tuesday morning. It's the second fire there in more than 10 years.

Haverhill Fire Chief Chris Cesati said they got a call for a fire at the empty mill on Stevens Street around 2:45 a.m. When they arrived, he said there were heavy flames on all four floors.

"The cloud of smoke was unreal. I literally live right up the hill. I was just going, 'Oh my God,'" said Krissy Fraczek, who lives nearby. "I was watching your news channel and I was like 'Oh my God, that's right down the street.'"

No one was hurt. Firefighters from several towns came in to help. Most of the fire was out by sunrise, but the chief said it will smolder for a while.

"We're going to have hot spots here, for the foreseeable, at least today," Cesati told CBS News Boston. There's no word yet on a cause.

"Unfortunately, with any vacant building you run the risk of fire hazards, collapse hazards," Cesati said. "Years and years of chemicals. Different processings that have gone through. The heavy timber. It burns for a long time."

The same mill went up in flames in September 2015. Four teenagers were charged with starting that fire. The mill was built in 1884 but has been abandoned for years.

"I think the building's kind of an eyesore. It's been here a long time. They need to do something about it." said Heather Geroux who was walking her dog in the neighborhood Tuesday.

"There's homeless that go in there all the time and if anybody got hurt or anything and, that building's not safe," Fraczek said. 

Haverhill, Massachusetts is 37 miles north of Boston, close to the border of New Hampshire.