NORFOLK, Mass. — Two firefighters who responded to a raging fire in Norfolk on Tuesday had to be taken to the hospital due to the sweltering conditions outside.
Someone alerted emergency crews to the raging fire coming from the house on Main Street around 9:40 a.m.
Responding firefighters arrived to find intense flames pouring out of the multi-story home.
No one was injured in the fire, but two firefighters had to be taken to a nearby hospital for heat exhaustion.
Neighbor, Jim Busby says it sounded like an explosion. Video shared with Boston 25 News shows bright red flames and thick smoke.
“We did get notification that there were some weapons in the home, all licensed weapons but there were weapons in the home so we are aware of that. That’s what we think some of the popping things that were here kind od firecracker sounds,” Norfolk Fire Chief Erron Kinney tells Boston 25 News.
Nearly a dozen area fire departments were dispatched along the main street home and the operation quickly escalated to a two-to-three-alarm fire. Fire Chief Kinney says crews saw heavy smoke on the roof and backside of the home.
The State Police Fire & Explosion Investigation Unit assigned to the State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating.
An extreme heat warning was issued by the National Weather Service for Franklin, Worcester, Middlesex, Essex, Hampshire, Hampden, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bristol, and Plymouth counties through 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
Dangerous heat will peak Wednesday with highs at or over 100°. Boston 25 Meteorologist Shiri Spear is expecting to break both daily records (95°) and monthly records (100°) in Boston.
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