Falmouth Fire-Rescue/CWN
FALMOUTH – A vehicle caught fire in the garage of a house in Falmouth around 3:30 PM Monday. Firefighters responded to an automatic fire alarm at the Shorewood Drive location to find smoke showing from the garage. Mutual aid was called to the scene and to cover the Falmouth fire stations. No injuries were reported. It was not immediately clear how the fire started.
From Falmouth Fire-Rescue: At 3:40 PM Monday afternoon, Falmouth Emergency Communications Center (ECC) received a call from a Central Station Alarm Company reporting an alarm activation on Shorewood Drive off of East Falmouth Highway. ECC received a second call from a resident of the Shorewood Drive residence reporting that a car was on fire in the attached garage.
The incident was upgraded to a structure fire response, adding an additional fire engine and a ladder truck, along with support vehicles. The first arriving engine reported heavy smoke in the garage, and the incident was upgraded to a working fire. This upgrade brought additional resources to the scene and provided town-wide coverage for additional calls.
The first-in engine company advanced an attack line into the garage through the living area of the residence. The garage was inaccessible through the garage door due to no outside door hardware. The fire was knocked down and contained to the vehicle in the garage, with heat damage to the walls of the garage and a considerable amount of smoke damage to the residence.
There are no reported injuries. The fire is under investigation by the Fire Rescue Department’s Fire Investigation Unit and the Falmouth Police Department’s Fire Investigation Unit.
Thanks to our Mutual Aid Partners for providing town-wide coverage and to Falmouth Police Department for scene security.
