Smoke Detectors Alert Couple to House Fire
PLAINFIELD, MA – Goshen firefighters were called mutual aid to 71 Gloyd Street in the town of Plainfield at 0319 hours today for a report of a fully-involved structure fire. Engine 7 and Car 1 responded with 8 firefighters. One firefighter remained in quarters in the event additional apparatus was needed. The couple living in […]
Extreme Temperatures Makes Work Brutal for Firefighters
ASHFIELD, MA – The Goshen Fire Department along with multiple fire companies in Hampshire and Franklin counties were called in to provide mutual aid to Ashfield today to help them battle a structure fire. The picture above was taken shortly after Goshen firefighters arrived at 298 Briar Hill Road. The fire appeared to have started in […]
CUMMINGTON, MA – A fire that began in the garage of a home at 1 Swift River Road on Monday forced local fire officials to close down Route 9 and diverted traffic for miles. Goshen firefighters responded to the scene with units from Windsor and Plainfield after a second alarm was toned out. Upon arrival, […]
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA) BY SEAN REAGAN Staff writer WORTHINGTON, MA – A Worthington family lost their home Monday morning when a fast-moving fire engulfed the house in flames leaving nothing but charred wreckage by noon. The fire started in Marian Welch’s soap-making room where she said she was melting wax to make candles. […]
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA) By SEAN REAGAN Staff Writer WORTHINGTON, MA – Lightning kept firefighters on the go Thursday afternoon as they responded to damage from back-to-back strikes. Firefighters were finishing up at 301 Dingle Road – where a lightning strike caused approximately $1,000 of damage to household appliances, they estimated, when a Hilltown […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: JACQUELINE WALSH WORTHINGTON, MA – Firefighters were able to save a man’s Model A car yesterday morning, but could not prevent his 113 Sam Hill Road home from burning to the ground. Chief Richard F. Granger said that flames were issuing from the roof of the home of Peter Bates, 70, […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: GEORGE GRAHAM WORTHINGTON, MA – Fire departments from at least six hilltowns converged on Old River Road last night to put out a quick-moving barn fire in the rear of the Brookstone House property. No injuries were reported in the fire, which gutted the office space of The Newborne Co., an […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: ELIZABETH FREY Chesterfield, MA – Millie Chick’s new apple business went bust when the Steven’s Brook Bridge connecting her orchards to the rest of town was closed last fall. The bridge’s closure two weeks ago for repairs has flattened her hopes for any summer customers. “If we get five cars going by […]