3 taken to hospital after fire at multi-family home in Dorchester

Several people were rescued from a burning multi-family home in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood Saturday morning.

The Boston Fire Department said crews were working feverishly at 24 Kerwin Street after calls came in for people trapped on the second floor by a fire below. Several rescues were made off of the rear porch, and three people were transported by EMS.

There was no word on the extent of any injuries.

Eight adults and three children are displaced by the fire that is estimated to have caused damages upward of $500,000, according to fire officials. The Red Cross is on scene assisting.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known. An investigation is underway.