*** WATCH *** Fire rips through Brewster home… [UPDATED]
BREWSTER – Officials are investigating the cause of a fire that ripped through a home on Glenwood Road shortly before 5:00 p.m. today.
As you will hear in a brief HN Video interview with Chief Robert Moran of the Brewster Fire Department, one person was transported to Cape Cod Hospital with injuries that were described as being non life-threatening.
The home was completely destroyed by the blaze.
The State Fire Marshal was requested to the scene to help with the investigation.
HN will provide official updates to this story as they become available.
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OFFICIAL BREWSTER FD MEDIA STATEMENT:
Brewster Fire/Rescue Responds to Structure Fire
On Wednesday January 6 at 4:54 p.m. Brewster Fire was dispatched to a structure fire at 81 Glenwood Road. On arrival units found a 2 1/2 story wood frame private dwelling fully involved in fire. Due to the amount of fire on arrival units from Brewster and mutual aid companies from the Harwich and Dennis fire departments initiated exterior suppression operations with large caliber hose streams. The main body of fire was knocked down quickly and the fire was placed under control approximately 30 minutes later. The homeowner was transported to Cape Cod Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The fire remains under investigation by officials from Brewster Fire, Brewster Police, and the State Fire Marshal’s office.
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