Woman dies after being rescued from burning North Shore home

ARE EMILY MAHER HAS MORE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE FLAMES TORE THROUGH THIS HOME. DESTROYING EVERYTHING. INVESTIGATOR SAY THREE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT SAFELY, BUT A FOURTH, A WOMAN, WAS TRAPPED ON THE SECOND FLOOR AS FIREFIGHTERS RACED TO HELP HER. I HAVE FIRE THROUGH THE ROOF. STRIKE A SECOND ALARM. IT WAS A LITTLE BEFORE 11:00 SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN POLICE SAW FIRE IN A GARAGE ON EAST MAIN STREET AND CALLED 911. UPON ARRIVAL, POLICE REPORTED A POSSIBLE VICTIM TRAPPED ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF A GARAGE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THREE PEOPLE GOT OUT OF THE BURNING HOME SAFELY ON THEIR OWN. BUT THE FOURTH, A WOMAN, WAS TRAPPED. FIREFIGHTERS WORKING TIRELESSLY TO HELP HER. WE GOT EYES ON THE VICTIM. WE'RE GOING TO. I NEED ANOTHER LADDER ON THESE OPEN SIDE WINDOWS. WE NEED TO PROTECT OURSELVES. WE GOT FIRE BLOWING OVER US RIGHT NOW. CREWS USED A LADDER TO GET THE WOMAN OUT THROUGH A SECOND FLOOR WINDOW, RUSHING HER TO A NEWBURYPORT HOSPITAL WHERE SHE DIED, THE FLAMES MAKING IT SO DANGEROUS. AND THE HOUSE SO UNSTABLE. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED OUT OF THE BUILDING, PUT OUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT. ALL FIREFIGHTERS OUT OF THE BUILDING. NOW. CREWS SAY FLAMES WERE SHOOTING 20FT HIGH FROM THE ROOF OF THE TWO AND A HALF STORY HOME, SAYING EXTRA HELP WAS QUICKLY CALLED IN. WENT TO A SECOND AND THIRD RIGHT AWAY. WE BROUGHT IN FOURTH ALARM FOR MORE PERSONNEL. AT THIS POINT, THE NAME OF THE WOMAN WHO DIED HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. INVESTIGATORS SAY WHILE THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SUSPICIOUS

Channel: WCVB Channel 5 Boston

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Length: 1min 34sec (94 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 23 2024