Heavy Fire Showing from Roof as Crews Arrive to Winchendon Home
Photo by Ricci B Ruschioni Winchendon Engine 1 arriving at the fire.
Photo by Ricci B Ruschioni Winchendon firefighters working to knock down the fire
Photo by Ricci B Ruschioni Gardner Combination 4 setting up to vent the roof
Photo by Ricci RuachioniWinchendon Fire Capt. Wante running the command board.
Photo by Ricci B Ruschioni Gardner firefighters venting the roof.
WINCHENDON, MA - At 9:36 a.m. on April 3rd, Winchendon Firefighters were toned out to a reported house fire at 10 Mill Glen Road. On arrival, Winchendon Engine 1 reported a one-and-a-half-story, wood-frame house with heavy smoke showing from the roof and all occupants out of the building.
With no hydrants nearby, firefighters made an aggressive interior attack using tank water and knocked down the bulk of the heavy fire.
Mutual aid companies from Gardner, Ashburnham, Rindge NH, Jaffrey NH, Royalston, Templeton and Phillipston worked on the scene knocking down the remaining fire and hot spots while Ashby covered the Winchendon fire station.
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