A residential fireplace early Sunday left one man lifeless and a girl injured, the Hopkinton Fire Department reported Sunday.
The single story ranch home at 69 Hayward St. in Hopkinton went up in blazing flames round 1 a.m., resulting in a number of 911 calls and a rush of fireplace crews.
Responders noticed heavy fireplace on arrival, the Hopkinton division stated, and have been rapidly knowledgeable of two individuals nonetheless inside.
Firefighters rapidly moved into an “aggressive search,” the division reported.
Searchers discovered a senior man within the hallway and a senior girl within the bed room, taking each out and transporting the couple to Milford Regional Medical Center.
The man was pronounced lifeless on the hospital, and the lady was taken to a second Boston location for additional therapy of her accidents.
The division additionally reported {that a} canine died within the blaze.
Hopkinton known as in assist from Ashland, Milford, Westborough, Southborough, Upton and Hopedale, with station protection by Medway.
Crews introduced the hearth underneath management round 2 a.m., the division reported, although the home — a one mattress, one tub inbuilt 1925, based on Redfin — was decided a “total loss.”
Hopkinton Fire additionally famous responders didn’t hear fireplace alarms upon arrival, and no smoke alarms have been present in the home.
The reason for the hearth is presently unknown and underneath investigation by officers from the Hopkinton Fire Department, State Police and the Middlesex DA’s Office.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”