FALMOUTH – A Falmouth Fire-Rescue official reported a house fire at 41 Cove Street around 3 PM Tuesday. According to reports a shed caught fire starting a brush fire which spread to the deck of the home. Firefighters were able to get the fire under control and although the deck was scorched it did not appear the fire got inside the house. No injuries were reported.
Falmouth Fire-Rescue reports that Tuesday afternoon around 3 PM FPO Lt. O’Malley and Fire Inspector DeMello were on Menauhant Road when they saw smoke in the area of Pine Grove Road and Cove Street. They located a structure fire on Cove Street and requested a 1st alarm assignment for the fire. Engines 25, Engine 21, Engine 23, Ladder 26 were dispatched to the fire. Also responding were Car 11, Car 14, Car 27, and Car33. The fire was to the rear of a two-story contemporary structure. The fire had burned a large section of mulch and underbrush. The fire had also consumed a 10’x10′ shed. The fire had advanced to a support column for the rear deck. Engine 25 crew made a quick knockdown of the fire on the main building. Crews then extinguished the mulch and brush and shed fire. The home was unoccupied at the time of the fire. No damage to the interior of the main home.
Thanks to Joint Base Cape Cod Fire Rescue, Mashpee Fire Rescue, Cotuit Fire Rescue, and Centerville, Osterville,, Marstons Mills Fire Rescue for providing coverage and responding to several other incidents during the fire.
Photos by Falmouth Fire-Rescue/CWN
