BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) – Firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze Wednesday morning in Boston.
The fire broke out at a five-unit brownstone at 17 Commonwealth Ave., officials said.
One resident was home at the time of the fire, but he was uninjured.
Officials said the damage was estimated at $5 million.
The Boston Fire Department Twitter page says the cause of the fire is an in-floor radiant heater mounted in the fourth floor ceiling to heat a fifth floor room.
The American Red Cross has offered their assistance to the residents of the building.