IPSWICH — A fire damaged a 2-½ story home on Drumlin Road in Ipswich on Monday night.
At 11:35 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 16, the Ipswich Fire Department responded to a report of smoke coming from the home at 10 Drumlin Road. While firefighters were en route, a police officer arrived on scene and reported fire showing from the house.
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WEST NEWBURY — Looking to make sure they are as prepared as possible during a hostile shooter situation, first responders from nearly a dozen communities spent the weekend training with Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) instructors at Pentucket Regional/Middle High School.
“I think it’s extremely important. You never know when something like this is going to happen, or where, or how, but as first responders, we can control how we prepare and train our people to respond to these types of events,” Merrimac Police Chief Eric Shears said.
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IPSWICH — Firefighters rescued a father and son who were trapped inside of a burning home next to a horse barn on Linebrook Road midday Monday.
First responders were called to 383 Linebrook Road at 11:51 a.m. to respond to a structure fire on the property, and learned en route that two people were trapped inside by the flames, the Ipswich Fire Department said in a statement.
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GLOUCESTER — At least one person was taken to the hospital as a blaze ripped through a home at 62 Woodward Ave. on Saturday afternoon.
Fire Chief Eric Smith said the Gloucester Fire Department responded to a two-alarm fire at the waterfront property about 2:20 p.m., finding heavy fire and smoke showing from the building.
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NEWBURY — A 54-year-old man who fell from a boat was rescued Sunday night at Riverfront Marina.
The unidentified man was pulled from the water shortly after 6:10 p.m. as the Newbury Police and Fire departments responded to the marina at 292 High Road, according to Deputy Police Chief Aaron Wojtkowski and Fire Chief David Evans.
Sgt. Jason DaCunha was the first officer to arrive and, along with Officer Manny Terrero, helped hold the man’s head above water until additional emergency personnel responded, the chiefs said in a release.
Police used flotation devices to assist the man. His wife tried to rescue him but could not and called 911.
Fire Department Lt. Keith Grant and firefighter Andrea Ball also assisted with the rescue. The man was taken to Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport for a medical evaluation.
Evans praised first responders from both departments.
“We are very thankful for the outcome this evening and are glad we have a great working relationship between departments, as well as a great group of emergency personnel,” he said in the release.
No injuries were reported after a fire broke out in equipment inside a large fish processing building at 3 State Fish Pier late Wednesday morning.
Gloucester fire companies responded to a working fire at 11:05 a.m. in a portion of the expansive industrial complex on the pier with a “Cape Seafoods Gloucester” sign on the exterior. They made quick work of the fire, according to a social media post by Gloucester Firefighters Local 762.
“Another great stop Group 1,” the post read.
“Upon arrival we had some thick, black smoke coming out the windows,” Deputy Chief Andrew McRobb, the Group 1 shift commander. said. “Employees informed me that it was a fiberglass turbine that got going, so it was fiberglass burning.”
“Crews showed up, made an offensive attack with an inch-and-three-quarter (hose), finished putting the fire out and we are in the process of venting the building right now,” he said at 11:45 a.m.
“No injuries,” McRobb said. “Crews did a search of the building,” he said, but nobody was inside when crews arrived.
“A lot of the employees did the bulk of the work prior to our arrival,” McRobb said. When asked what business this was, McRobb said it was “some type of fish processing.”
Fire companies responded to both sides of the large complex; Engine 1 and the deputy chief to the North Channel side of the building, and Ladder 1, Engine 5 and Engine 2 to the South Channel side. Also responding was Beauport Ambulance Service and a Gloucester Fire Rescue squad. The Police Department’s patrol boat was seen on the water in the North Channel.
After the fire was extinguished, a couple of firefighters could be seen opening a high window along the back of the facility to vent smoke. Some workers standing outside said everyone was OK when asked.
The company, Cape Seafoods, Inc., was able to remain open for business after firefighters conducted extensive ventilation of the building.
IPSWICH — The Fire Department extinguished a brush fire near a home on Wednesday and no injuries were reported, officials said.
About 4:41 p.m., the Fire Department was called to the area of 19 James Road, near Dix Road and the Ipswich Country Club, for a report of a brush fire, Fire Chief Paul Parisi reported in a news release.
Engine 4, under the command of Lt. Gus McInnis, was the first company to arrive and found an estimated 75-foot-by-75-foot section of brush burning about 100 yards from a home.
An additional engine was called. Mutual aid firefighters from Rowley responded, while firefighters from Essex and Topsfield covered Ipswich stations. Off-duty and call members of the Ipswich Fire Department responded as well.
Through a spokesman, Parisi said the fire was under control within an hour. First responders cleared the scene in less than two hours.
The cause of the brush fire is under investigation and it would be unusual for such a fire to spontaneously ignite, he said.
While the brush fire was being extinguished, Ipswich Police and Action EMS responded to a motor vehicle crash in the area of 80 Linebrook Road, and to medical calls on County Road and Water Street.
“The three-tiered response system we operate under here in Ipswich with police, fire and EMS, as well as our mutual aid partners, were critical in handling these simultaneous emergencies today,” Parisi said in the release. “We thank our partners for helping us when we needed them.”
GEORGETOWN — A woman died early Sunday in a four-alarm house fire on East Main Street.
Firefighters rescued the seriously injured woman from the second story of the burning 2½-story, single-family home but she later died at an area hospital, according to Georgetown Fire Chief Matt McKay.
The woman, whose name was not released, was carried out of a window and down a ladder. Three other occupants were able to safely evacuate after the fire broke out at 238 E. Main St. shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, he said.
Huge flames engulfing the roof of the wood-frame home were shooting about 20 feet into the sky as firefighters arrived.
Firefighters from more than a dozen communities battled the blaze until bringing it under control at 12:46 a.m. Crews remained at the scene of the burned home, which was declared a total loss.
The cause of the fire is being investigated by the Georgetown Fire Department with assistance from the Massachusetts State Police Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit with the State Fire Marshal’s Office, McKay said.
As the blaze continued to burn out of control, a second alarm was struck shortly before 11 p.m. to bring in firefighters from surrounding communities.
Third and fourth alarms were required to bring in more firefighters. East Main Street (Route 133) was closed in both directions for several hours during the blaze.
Firefighters from the Rowley, West Newbury, Newbury, Boxford, Newburyport, Topsfield, North Andover, Lawrence, Middleton, Haverhill, Groveland, Amesbury, Ipswich and Amesbury fire departments responded to the fire and provided station coverage.
Rehab 5, Cataldo Ambulance Service and Pridestar Trinity EMS also responded. The American Red Cross was notified to assist the displaced residents.
The Georgetown Municipal Light Department responded and turned off power to the home.
Investigators said Sunday that no additional information would be released until further notice.
