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Seven Injured in 2-Alarm Massachusetts House Fire
LYNN, Mass. - Three police officers were among seven people injured in a two-alarm house fire in Lynn.
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Police Lt. William Sharpe tells The Daily Item that five people were found inside the home after police arrived at the scene at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and found the house completely engulfed.
They rushed into the house to rescue five frantic residents and were taken to a local hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. Four of the people found inside the house also were hospitalized.
One resident, a 57-year-old man, was trapped under debris and was taken to a Boston hospital in critical condition. The others are not thought to have life-threatening injuries.
The state Fire Marshal is investigating but there was no immediate word on the cause.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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They rushed into the house to rescue five frantic residents and were taken to a local hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. Four of the people found inside the house also were hospitalized.
One resident, a 57-year-old man, was trapped under debris and was taken to a Boston hospital in critical condition. The others are not thought to have life-threatening injuries.
The state Fire Marshal is investigating but there was no immediate word on the cause.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on
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Well glad to see everyone is out, especially considering the "pack-rat" conditions the reporter states. One nice thing about running EMS is the chance to get inside some of these houses before a fire. I've been in a few with such pack-rat conditions and thought about if there would be a fire. Also nice to be able to get in there sooner and maybe report the conditions to social services etc. Been a few cases where our reports got a house condemned in order for them to be cleaned up.
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Permalink Reply by Rich Garrett on
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I agree its good everyone got out. But why if it was fully involved did the cops go in. What happens when they go down? A bad situation just got even worse, we now have twice as many rescues to make when we arrive.
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