SANDWICH – Firefighters were called to a chicken coop fire in Sandwich shortly before midnight Saturday. The shed type structure off Pimlico Pond Road was fully involved but officials were able to worked to make sure all the livestock was safe. No other structures were damaged.
From Sandwich Fire: On November 24th at 11:47 PM, the Sandwich Fire Department responded to a reported barn / outside fire in the area Route 130 and Pimlico Pond Road. On arrival, units found a 15 x 20 chicken coop fully involved in fire with flames extending to the surround brush at the corrected address of 40 Route 130.
A working fire assignment was requested bringing additional resources from Joint Base Cape Cod Fire Department in a line response due to the Station 3 crew already being out on an ambulance call. The first engine in was from Station 1 located at 115 Route 6A and they immediately assisted in the removal and evacuation of additional animals adjacent to the coop while simultaneously putting water on the fire. It took firefighters 30 minutes to extinguish the fire and they remained on scene for an additional hour wetting down hot spots.
A total of 14 firefighters responded to the scene.
There were no injuries reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation by the Sandwich Fire Department Fire Investigation Unit.
Sandwich Fire thanks the Bourne Fire Department who provided station coverage and handled additional calls during the fire.
