MARLBOROUGH – Firefighters battled a fire in a Marlborough home on March 28.
The Marlborough Fire Department was dispatched to a report of smoke in a single family home at 16 King’s View Road. Engine 3, based out of Station 3 on Boston Post Road East was the first due engine on the scene. Lieutenant Mike Cizek, the officer on Engine 3 reported smoke coming out of a window.
Battalion Chief Ken MacEwen, the shift commander in Car 5, struck the box for a working fire while enroute. Engine 1, Engine 2, Rescue 1, Truck 1 and Squad 1 filled out the assignment. Fire Chief Kevin Breen (Car 1) and Assistant Chief Jeff Emanuelson (Car 3) also responded.
The firefighters of Engine 3 pulled an attack line and knocked the fire down in the room of origin. Other firefighters checked for fire extension and did a search for the two cats, who unfortunately perished in the fire.
The utilities to the structure were shut down. The Marlborough Fire Department’s Fire Investigation Unit (FIU) and the Marlborough Building Department were requested to the scene.
“This was a textbook room and contents fire. The door to the room of origin was closed,” said MacEwen. “While the home was charged with smoke, the closed door contained the fire to that room and prevented the fire from spreading.”
Southborough Fire responded mutual aid on the working fire, but due to the quick knockdown, they were re-directed to a cover assignment.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. According to MacEwen, preliminary estimates of damage to the home was about $25,000.
