Christmas Eve Fire Burns Pittsfield Home to Ground
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A fire that started on Christmas Eve burned a Partridge Road home to the ground while its occupants were out.
There were no civilian or firefighter injuries but the house, which is largely charred down the foundation, is a total loss and remains under investigation.
The Fire Department initially responded around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday night to a call about a blaze at 301 Partridge Road. Fire was showing through the roof of the single-story structure when firefighters arrived and a second alarm was called.
"So that brought the other remaining two engines and then that also brought the Lenox and Dalton fire departments to cover Pittsfield," Chief Thomas Sammons said on Tuesday.
"And then Hinsdale came down to rehab."
It took about an hour and a half to extinguish the blaze and a fire watch was left on the scene. About 1:30 a.m. Christmas morning, the fire apparently reignited, said Sammons.
At the time of the fire, the inhabitants were not in the two-bedroom, mid-century house. That part of the road was closed while crews attacked the flames.
"State Police investigators have been here assisting us with our fire investigators," Sammons said. "And it's still under investigation."
The Red Cross has been in touch with the family, he said.
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