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.
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| 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.
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| 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