DRACUT — Firefighters were busy on back-to-back days this week after they were called to extinguish residential garage fires that broke out less than 16 hours apart.
No injuries were reported and no residents were displaced due to either blaze, according to the Dracut Fire Department.
“With some very good, aggressive firefighting, we were able to knock the fire down and limit the damage in both instances,” Dracut Fire Chief Richard Patterson said.
Firefighters were called to the first fire at 67 Mailloux Terrace at about 9:35 p.m. Thursday. Crews arrived to find smoke showing from the single-family home’s attached garage and mounted an aggressive attack. Fire damage was contained to the garage, while the home suffered minor smoke damage.
An investigation determined the cause of the fire was “careless disposal of smoking materials,” firefighters said.
At approximately 1:05 p.m. Friday, firefighters were back in action, called to 854 Mammoth Road, this time finding flames showing from a garage underneath the single-family home’s living quarters. Crews made an aggressive attack and knocked the fire down before it could spread beyond the garage, according to firefighters.
The cause of Friday’s blaze remains under investigation.
Firefighters from Pelham, N.H. provided mutual aid at the scene of both fires, while firefighters from Tyngsboro and Lowell provided station coverage in Dracut during Friday’s blaze.
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