9-Alarm Blaze Is Boston's Biggest In 25 Years

Video: Boston's biggest fire in 25 yearsFootage shows flames and smoke shooting into the night sky and firefighters attacking the fire from several directions

By FireRescue1 Staff

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BOSTON — A 9-alarm industrial fire being called the largest to hit Boston in decades can be seen in footage posted online.

About 170 firefighters from across the city responded on Saturday night and fought the fire into Sunday afternoon.

Video uploaded to YouTube shows flames and smoke shooting into the night sky and firefighters attacking the fire from several directions.

Firefighters were ordered to remain outside the abandoned complex to attack flames, based partly on recent preplanning.

The fire was the largest in about 25 years, according to firefighters.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.