FALL RIVER, MA — Firefighters arrived at 88 Lewin St. to find smoke filling the basement and fire crawling up the side of the clothes drier.
The good news, firefighters say, is that the four people who had been inside the house were waiting outside when Engine 6 pulled up.
Within moments the fire was out.
The crew of Engine 6 dropped down through a layer of 1,000 degree heat to get to the basement floor and begin an interior attack, killing the flames at their base Monday at 9:30 a.m.
"It looks like it started to the left of the drier," said Fire Capt. Neil Furtado, a department spokesman. "It is still undetermined as the origin of the fire."
The basement was filled with smoke and smoke rose through the rest of the single family home, Furtado said.
Most of the electrical wires in the basement melted before the fire was doused, so power to the home was shut down. Fire damage was limited to the basement. Smoke damage spread through the home.
One firefighter was transported to the hospital with breathing problems, officials report.
There were no other injuries, Furtado reports. The home owners were making arrangements to secure a mobile home to allow them to remain living on the property while repairs are underway, firefighters report.
City tax records show the property is owned by James and Donna Kiely.
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