Smoke engulfed downtown Milford, Massachusetts Monday night, as a fire tore through multiple apartments and a popular restaurant. A police officer who was helping to evacuate people from the building was injured.

"I was just coming home and was like what the hell is going on. And then I was like oh my god that's the Turtle Tavern," said Milford resident Anna Peniche.

Smoke was pouring out of the Main Street building that has the Turtle Tavern on the first floor and apartments upstairs.

Building a total loss

Milford Fire Chief Mark Nelson says the call came from an apartment around 4:30 Monday afternoon, with reports of smoke coming from a wood stove. He said the building appears to be a total loss.

"Extensive damage," Nelson said. "The building won't be inhabitable; the restaurant won

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