Daniel Yakovleff murder scene engulfed in flames

The triple-decker apartment located at 56 Tuttle St. in the Savin Hill neighborhood of Dorchester where 20-year-old Daniel Yakovleff was found brutally murdered in the early morning of Jan. 17, 2008 was engulfed in flames yesterday morning.

According to a report here, two residents of the building were trapped while neighbors grabbed a ladder and raised it to the third-floor porch. No one was seriously hurt in the three-alarm blaze. Damage is estimated at $500,000 and 90 firefighters battled the apartment blaze.

The cause of the fire? An electrical short circuit on the first floor fueled the inferno. Click here for video of the fire.

Yakovleff was brutally murdered in the Savin Hill apartment in Dorchester last January and his alleged killer, Steven Odegard, who he met at the Eagle bar in the South End is currently incarcerated awaiting trial scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 5.

Click here for the latest on the Yakovleff investigation.