Suzanne Chapman and Sonya Gershkovich watch Lynn firefighters in upper floors of a working fire that broke out in Gershkovich’s home on Ocean Street early Tuesday afternoon. There were no reported injuries. Item photo by Jim Wilson.
By Gayla Cawley
LYNN — Firefighters quickly knocked down a fire at an Ocean Street home on Tuesday afternoon.
The blaze at 62 Ocean St. was reported to the Lynn Fire Department at 12:25 p.m., and when first responders arrived, there was smoke showing from the outside, but no flames, according to Lynn District Fire Chief Stephen Archer.
Any visible flames were inside, Archer said, adding that the heavy smoke condition and absence of exterior flames made it difficult for firefighters to find where the fire was coming from.
Archer said the fire started in a bedroom on the first floor and a female owner was home at the time. She was on scene when firefighters arrived and a search of the second and third floors, along with the basement showed that no one else was home when the blaze started, he added.
There were no reported injuries. At least three other residents live in the home, as they joined the owner shortly after the response.
Archer said the home is salvageable, which he attributed to firefighters quickly knocking down the fire. Before it was extinguished, the fire got up into the ceiling between the first and second floors, and was advancing, he added.
The Fire Investigation Unit is working to determine the cause and origin of the blaze.
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