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Grill Fire Guts Home In Western Mass, Injures 2, Leave 6 Homeless Grill Fire Guts Home In Western Mass, Injures 2, Leave 6 Homeless
Grill Fire Guts Home In Western Mass, Injures 2, Leave 6 Homeless Fire investigators say a two-alarm Hampden County blaze on Thursday, Aug. 3, started on a grill on a home's back porch.  The fire began just before 4 p.m. on Wilbraham Street in Palmer as a family was cooking dinner on their outside grill, the Palmer Fire Department said. The blaze quickly got out of control and spread to the home before crews could get there and battle the flames back.  The fire injured two people and displaced a family of six. Palmer Fire Department Firefighters from Palmer responded with crews from Three Rivers, Bondsville, Wilbraham, Ludlow, Ware, Belchertown, Monso…

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by Josh Lanier
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Cooking Fire Blamed For Killing Man, Injuring 2 Western Mass Firefighters Cooking Fire Blamed For Killing Man, Injuring 2 Western Mass Firefighters
Cooking Fire Blamed For Killing Man, Injuring 2 Western Mass Firefighters State fire investigators said the fire that killed a Western Mass man on Friday, April 7, was a cooking fire that got out of hand.  Holyoke firefighters were called to the 19 Donlee St. home just after 1:15 p.m. High winds fueled the flames inside the two-story house and kept fire crews at bay for 30 minutes as they tried to beat back the conflagration, the state fire marshal said.  They found the older man dead inside the home once firefighters got in. Officials have not released his name.  Two firefighters received non-life-threatening injuries in the blaze.  “This i…

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by Josh Lanier
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Residents Rescued, Displaced By Basement Fire At Central Mass Home: Report Residents Rescued, Displaced By Basement Fire At Central Mass Home: Report
Residents Rescued, Displaced By Basement Fire At Central Mass Home: Report Twelve people were displaced and one was taken to the hospital after a three-alarm basement fire tore through a home in Central Massachusetts, officials and reports said.  Fitchburg Fire responded to the fire at a 8 Plymouth Street on Thursday morning, Feb. 16, Fitchburg Fire said on Facebook.  02/16/2023 07:45 Earlier this morning, Group 4 companies responded to 8 Plymouth St for the report of a residential... Posted by Fitchburg Fire Department on Thursday, February 16, 2023 Three people were rescued from the top floor the home and one was taken to the hospital, Boston25 reports. Off…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Central Mass Firefighters Battle Back Flames In Home's Basement Central Mass Firefighters Battle Back Flames In Home's Basement
Central Mass Firefighters Battle Back Flames In Home's Basement Firefighters in Holden rushed to a home on Zottoli Road earlier this week when someone saw smoke pouring from someone's basement, officials said.  The two-alarm fire was first called in just after 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 1. Flames licked the side of the home as they poured out of the basement window as firefighters arrived.  But crews were able to contain the fire before it spread to the rest of the home. There was damage to the basement and other floors.  No injuries were reported. 

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
CT Condo Fire Kills One CT Condo Fire Kills One
CT Condo Fire Kills One One person was killed during a fire at a condo complex in Connecticut. The blaze broke out around 3:08 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 3, at the Hartford County complex located at 71 Russell Avenue in Plainville. Plainville Fire Marshal Ron Divert said a large fire was coming from one condo in the 10-unit complex and reached into units located to either side.  The deceased resident was found in the unit in which the fire originated, Divert said.  Firefighters remained on the scene early Wednesday, as well as the Fire Marshal, and no more information was available.  This is a develop…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Woman Dies In CT Apartment Fire Woman Dies In CT Apartment Fire
Woman Dies In CT Apartment Fire A woman was killed during a fire at an apartment building that started in a third-floor unit in Connecticut. The blaze began around 8:20 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 14, at the complex located at 95 Kaye Vue Plaza, in Hamden. First arriving firefighters encountered heavy fire coming from a third-floor window, according to Hamden Fire Chief Gary Merwede. Firefighters quickly advanced a hose line up the stairwell to the third-floor apartment where they encountered heavy fire and smoke conditions, Merwede said. Crews performed a search of the apartment and other units as other firefighters were ext…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two Jump From Second-Floor Window To Escape Western Mass Home Fire, FD Says Two Jump From Second-Floor Window To Escape Western Mass Home Fire, FD Says
Two Jump From Second-Floor Window To Escape Western Mass Home Fire, FD Says Two residents jumped from a second-floor window to escape a fire that was rapidly spreading through a home in Western Massachusetts. The incident took place around 6::45 a.m., Thursday,  May 27 at a home on Earl Street in Springfield, said the Springfield Fire Department. According to fire officials, five people were home at the time of the fire and two people jumped out of a second-floor window to escape.  They were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after jumping, the department said.  All of the occupants made it out safely and are being assisted by…

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by Kathy Reakes