March 25, 2023 Firefighters worked for several hours to contain a fire in the beachfront community of Scituate that destroyed three homes and damaged two more.
By Jackson Cote Source masslive.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
A massive fire destroyed five beachside homes and left three families displaced in Scituate late Friday, news outlets reported.
The five-alarm fire started at 72 Glades Road shortly after 8 p.m., spreading rapidly to multiple other homes near Minot Beach, The Boston Globe reported. The blaze destroyed five houses, three of which were burnt to rubble, according to the newspaper. Three other homes were also damaged, the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services said.
Along with the Scituate Fire Department, firefighters from Duxbury, Hanover, Hanson, Hull, Plymouth and Rockland also responded to the scene of the blaze to help with the efforts to extinguish it, The Patriot Ledger reported.
While responding to the fire, a fourth and fifth alarm were struck for the blaze. Firefighters worked at the scene for more than four hours to help control the fire that had extended to five houses, the Hanover Fire Department said in a Facebook post.
“This once again shows the importance of the mutual aid system, with fire departments as far away as Plymouth sending apparatus to help,” the department said.
Residents in the town should expect potential power outages and water-related issues, such as discoloration and pressure problems, as a result of the blaze, the Scituate Police Department said in a Facebook post Friday night.
“The scene is still active and emergency personnel are requesting anyone not immediately affected by the fire to stay away from the area. At this time, there are no reported injuries,” the post said.
The state Department of Fire Services provided a rehabilitation unit to support first responders at the scene of the blaze, according to the department.
Massachusetts State Police investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s Office, as well as the Scituate Fire and Police Departments, are working to determine the fire’s origin and cause. Preliminary evidence suggests the blaze started in the area of 72 Glades St. and spread from there, according to the Department of Fire Services.
“Investigators are back at the scene today with heavy machinery to assist in examining the scene, but given the extent of the damage I do not expect to have a final determination today,” Jake Wark, a spokesperson for the Department of Fire Services, told MassLive in a statement Saturday afternoon.