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Three beach homes destroyed in Scituate blaze

By Jessica Bartlett, Colin A. Young, Travis Andersen and Martin Finucane

 |  Globe Correspondents and Globe Staff  

  March 08, 2012

A large fire, apparently stoked by high winds, raged through several houses this afternoon on Humarock Beach in Scituate. Smoke billowed in the air in the area. Hundreds of spectators watched, while firefighters from multiple towns fought the blaze. Some neighbors hosed down houses, wary of a spark that could spread the fire. Earlier today, Milton firefighters battled a three-alarm fire blaze near East Milton Square that neighbors said appeared to have been stoked by the wind.

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