HYANNIS – One person was rescued after a fire broke out in a commercial building in Hyannis. The call came in sometime after 2 PM Friday at 105 Ferndoc St. There are several businesses in that structure. A sprinkler system reportedly activated and helped control the flames. Rescuers called for a MedFlight helicopter to land at Cape Cod Gateway Airport to fly the victim to an off-Cape trauma center. The State Fire Marshal was called in to investigate the cause of the fire.
Update: Hyannis Fire reports that at 2:23 PM on Friday, Barnstable Police received a 911 call reporting a fire and explosion at 105 Ferndoc Street and dispatched the Hyannis Fire and Barnstable Police Departments. The first arriving Barnstable Fire Sergeant determined that an occupant was still inside the building with fire and smoke visible.
On arrival, the first Hyannis Fire Department Company, Tower Ladder 1, immediately made entry into the building, prior to the arrival of an engine company and without the protection of a hose line, to search for the occupant. They quickly found the occupant and removed him to the exterior to an awaiting Hyannis ambulance.
Additional fire companies arrived shortly thereafter and extinguished the fire. The fire was associated with the failure of a waste oil storage which released a substantial amount of oil and other fluids.
The adult male who was injured required extensive decontamination prior to being flow to a Boston area hospital by Boston MedFlight with life-threatening injuries.
Additionally, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, and the Town of Barnstable Health and Public Works Departments were engaged to limit the effects of the released oil.
The fire and explosion remain under investigation by State Troopers assigned to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, the Barnstable Police Department, and the Hyannis Fire Department.
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