BREAKING: COTTAGE BLOWN UP, WOMAN BURNED LIGHTING GAS STOVE… [HN PHOTOS]
SOUTH DENNIS – [DEVELOPING] – A woman was burned early this morning – Saturday, May 21, 2022 – when she went to light her kitchen stove and there was a explosion.
Police and firefighters rushed to a cottage at 137 Mayfair Road early this morning for a report of a fire. The fire was quickly knocked down with dry chemical fire extinguishers by the first police and firefighters on scene, according to Chief Robert Brown of the Dennis FD.
The explosion blew out the front wall of the cottage. There was shattered glass and burnt kitchen items.
Some of the woman’s hair had caught fire and she suffered burns to her head and upper body, according to sources on scene. Medflight helicopters were unavailable due to weather conditions. The patient was expected to be transported by ambulance to an off-Cape burn/trauma hospital (very likely in Boston… but there had been no official word on the patient’s destination at the time of this report).
The Dennis Fire Department is investigating the cause of the explosion, which was possibly due to gas build up, according to sources on scene.
The Dennis Fire Department is believed to be working on a media statement and HN will update this report as official details become available.
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UPDATE – 5/21/22:
SOUTH DENNIS (MA) May 21, 2022 – At 05:15 am, the Dennis Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 143 Mayfair Road. When Dennis Fire units arrived, they found the building had exploded. The occupant of the building had suffered burns from the fire. A Med Flight Helicopter was called but was not flying due to weather. The victim was transported to Cape Cod Hospital by Dennis ambulance with life threating. The blast was strong enough to blow out a window and an outside gable wall. Dennis police used a portable extinguisher to extinguish hot spots prior to fire department arrival.
Firefighters secured the propane gas and the Dennis building inspector and gas inspector were called to the scene. The single-story wood frame structure suffered serious damage.
The occupant had stated she just turn her stove on to cook when the explosion happened. Cause of the fire is under investigation.
There were no reported injuries to firefighters.
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