YARMOUTH – One person was critically injured in a fire in Yarmouth sometime after 1:30 AM Thursday. Fire crews responded to Astor Way to find smoke in the house. The fire was quickly extinguished. A second person was also transported to Cape Cod Hospital. The State Fire Marshal’s office was called to investigate the cause of the fire.
Update: Yarmouth Fire reports that at 01:49 AM, the Yarmouth Fire Department received a 911 call from a neighbor reporting a fire and heavy smell of smoke at 50 Astor Way. The neighbor stated that there was an adult still inside the home. Yarmouth Fire crews responded and arrived within minutes to investigate.
The first arriving unit investigated and reported visible smoke from the rear of the structure. A working fire assignment was ordered to recall all off-duty personnel and bring in mutual aid from Hyannis, Dennis, and an ambulance from Brewster. Crews made entry into the home to search for occupants and located a victim in a bedroom on the first floor. The victim was extricated and treated by a Yarmouth ambulance crew and then transported to Cape Cod Hospital in critical condition. A second victim that had been able to escape the home from a bedroom window was treated and transported to Cape Cod Hospital by a Brewster Ambulance.
Crews were able to locate the fire in the basement of the home, and it was brought under control in approximately 20 minutes. Crews were committed to the scene conducting salvage and overhaul operations for approximately 2 hours. Subsequent searches of the home located 2 cats which unfortunately did not survive. The home sustained smoke and water damage because of the fire.
Barnstable, Centerville Osterville Marstons Mills, Chatham, Harwich, and the Hyannis Fire Department assisted in covering Yarmouth Fire stations until the incident was stabilized. There were no reported injuries to first responders at the scene.
At this time the cause of this fire is yet to be determined. It is currently under investigation by the Yarmouth Fire Department Fire Investigation Team, with assistance from the State Fire Marshals Office. Yarmouth Building Officials and the Yarmouth Police Department assisted on scene.
The Yarmouth Fire Department reminds the public of the importance of working smoke alarms. Please replace them every ten years, change the batteries when you change your clocks. and test them monthly.
From Mass State Fire Marshal’s office: Just before 3:00 AM Thursday morning, The Mass Department of Fire Services responded to a single-family home at 50 Astor Way, Yarmouth. There were 2 people in the home at the time of the fire. Both individuals were transported via ambulance to local area hospitals, and both have since been transferred to hospitals in Boston. The investigation remains open by the Fire Investigation Unit.
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