Saturday, June 17, 2017


On June 16th, 2017 at 18:49 hours Oxford Fire-EMS received a call for the report of, “Smoke in the building” at 710 Main St, New England Land Survey. Oxford Fire-EMS was operating at the scene of a motor vehicle accident at the time of the call. Auburn Fire-Rescue was assisting at the accident scene with their rescue truck. A second alarm was struck and an additional engine was requested from Auburn to the scene at 710 Main St. Oxford Car 6 along with the Auburn Rescue  responded from the motor vehicle accident to the fire scene. The responding crews were now receiving updates from the dispatcher of multiple calls reporting “smoke coming from the chimney and front door, still no fire seen”. Auburn Engine 1 arrived and confirmed it was a structure fire. Oxford Car 6 arrived second’s later, assumed command, and reported active fire on the second floor of the commercial building. Command requested a working fire assignment, which would bring additional resources to the scene. Command confirming the building is evacuated at this time. Auburn Car 2, Chief Johnson arrived and was placed in the role of operations. The fire progressed to three alarms which included mutual aid to the scene and station coverage. The additional mutual aid towns/entities included Leicester, Charlton, Dudley, Webster, Webster EMS, Millbury, Southbridge, Douglas, Sutton, Northbridge, Worcester Box 4, and Upton Fire. The Fire Marshal was on scene also providing assistance. The investigation is being performed by Trooper Fleming of the Fire Marshal's Office Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit in cooperation with Oxford Fire-EMS. The Cause of the fire remains under investigation at this time. Given the extensive damage to the building and its multiple commercial tenants/contents, the dollar loss is estimated at one million dollars. The Oxford Police Department in conjunction with Oxford DPW provided traffic assistance for the incident. There were no civilian or firefighter injuries reported. Oxford Fire Captain Jon Belanger (Car 6) was in charge of the incident and reported all crews clear at 01:11 hours this morning.    

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