MARLBOROUGH – Marlborough firefighters responded to a fire in an apartment in the Avalon Bay Apartment Complex.
The Marlborough Fire Department was dispatched on March 6 at 5:30 p.m. to a fire alarm activation/structure fire at 5000 Timberview Drive in the apartment complex, off of Simarano Drive in the west section of the City.
Engine 2 and Squad 1 (the first due companies out of the Pleasant Street firehouse), Engine 1, Engine 3 (as the Rapid Intervention Company), Truck 1, Rescue 1, Car 1, Car 2 and Car 3 responded. Patriot Ambulance set two units to the scene for EMS, and there was assistance from the Marlborough Police Department.
On arrival, Engine 2 reported that there was a fire in unit 5444, which is located on the fourth floor, and that the sprinkler system was in operation. The sprinkler head in the kitchen area had activated, holding the fire in check. Fire personnel tied into the sprinkler system, and the standpipe/high rise pack was brought in to extinguish the fire.
The fire was contained to the area and unit of origin. There was smoke, water and fire damage to the unit and water damage to the apartments below.
“The sprinkler worked as designed and held the fire in check. The firefighters quickly got hoses from the high rise packs deployed from the standpipe system into operation and did a good job of putting the fire out. Some residents will be displaced because of the damages to the structure,” said Marlborough Fire Chief Kevin Breen.
The incident was closed out at 8:01 p.m. Damage estimates were being assessed.
