
Photos: Fatal Back Bay fire

A firefighter held onto a ladder as flames erupted from a third-floor window.
Bill Brett for the Boston Globe
| March 26, 2014

An injured firefighter was moved to an ambulance.
Jim Davis/globe staff
| March 26, 2014

Smoke was thick at the scene.
Katherine Taylor for The Boston Globe
| March 26, 2014

A police officer held up caution tape as a man and woman holding a baby ran away from the fire at 298 Beacon St. Wednesday.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
| March 26, 2014

The fire was reported to have begun in the basement before moving up.
Boston Fire Department
| March 26, 2014

Smoke rose over the burning building.
Boston Fire Department
| March 26, 2014

An injured firefighter received assistance.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
| March 26, 2014

Firefighters remained on the scene Wednesday night.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
| March 26, 2014

Onlookers watched at the scene.
bill brett/globe staff
| March 26, 2014

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and Fire Department Deputy Chief Joseph Finn spoke near the scene.
Jim Davis/globe staff
| March 26, 2014

The aftermath of the scene of a nine-alarm blaze.
David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
| March 26, 2014

Ladders rested against windows covered in ice at the scene of Wednesday's nine-alarm fire on Beacon Street in the Back Bay.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
| March 26, 2014

The top floor could be seen through the collapsed roof.
David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
| March 26, 2014

A moment of silence was held at TD Garden before the Celtics game.
Barry Chin/Globe Staff
| March 26, 2014

Lieutenant Edward Walsh (left) and firefighter Michael Kennedy were killed in the blaze.
Boston Fire Department
| March 26, 2014

Firefighters escorted the body of a fallen colleague from Boston Medical Center to the Medical Examiner's Office nearby Wednesday night.
Jim Davis/globe staff
| March 26, 2014