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Waltham Homeowner Transported for Smoke Inhalation from Kitchen Fire

By PETER LOBO, Correspondent | January 29, 2022 | MASSACHUSETTS

Story No. 013122107

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Photo by PETER LOBO

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WALTHAM, MA - During the height of a blizzard on January 29th, Waltham Fire received a call for a kitchen fire at 14 Flagg Circle. Engines 1 and 4, Rescue 1, Ladder 2, and Medic 1 were dispatched. Squad 5 was the RIT. When firefighters arrived they found fire in the kitchen extending to the walls. It took them approximately one hour to contain it. The owner of the house was taken to Lahey Hospital Burlington for smoke inhalation.

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