Porch collapses in Dorchester home, 9 sent to hospital

An upper-story porch collapsed on a Dorchester triple-decker sending nine people to the hospital according to personnel The Boston Fire Department and Boston EMS responded to Harwood St in Dorchester at around p m Friday for reports of a porch collapse There they uncovered the third-story porch broken into a v-like shape Boston EMS released that it transported nine adults with injuries ranging from minor to serious to area hospitals including Boston Curative Center Beth Israel Deaconess and Brigham and Women s A Boston Fire official commented that the porch went through two collapses during a large gathering there After the initial collapse there was a secondary collapse of the material that was on the deck Boston Fire Chief of Operations Rodney Marshall explained reporters at the scene There was a refrigerator and other various materials up on the third floor that also collapsed At approximately this evening a rd floor porch collapsed injuring multiple people at Hardwood st Dorchester pic twitter com J i LBq jw Boston Fire Dept BostonFire June Property records show the six-bedroom -bath multifamily home last sold for in a nearly premium over its sales price of in