Three-Alarm Fire Knocked Down At South End Apartment Building

BOSTON (CBS) – Boston firefighters knocked down a three-alarm fire Sunday morning in a brick building with multiple apartments.

The fire was called in around 7:20 a.m. at 64 Rutland Street in the South End, a four-story building.

Flames could be seen on the top floor of the building, but by about 8 a.m. Boston firefighters said the heavy fire had been knocked down and overhaul was underway.

After the fire, the Boston Fire Department posted a photo on Twitter of a BMW blocking a fire hydrant and added "This never helps." Some on social media wondered why firefighters didn't smash through the windows of the illegally parked car like they did in April to access an East Boston hydrant during a fire.

"In this case, nothing was to be gained from going through car, the only goal is to get water as quickly as possible," the department said. "We don't intentionally damage things."

There are at least three apartments in the building, firefighters said.

Two firefighters were transported to area hospitals, one with a shoulder injury and one with a thumb injury.

Investigators determined the cause of the fire was a halogen lamp coming into contact with a mattress in a third floor bedroom.

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