SHREWSBURY – A letter carrier is being credited with keeping a fire from causing more damage to a residence, according to the Shrewsbury Fire Department.
On the morning of Thursday, Jan. 2, firefighters were dispatched to a structure fire on Bruce Avenue. When they arrived, the firefighters found a burning trash barrel had been moved away from the house, and there was minor cosmetic damage to the home’s exterior.
The department said a letter carrier working the route saw excessive smoke coming from the area and investigated. He pulled the burning barrel away and poured water on the siding, stopping the fire’s growth.
Shrewsbury Fire said that without the letter carrier’s intervention, “the damage would have been far greater, and the occupants would have been displaced.”
