Fire damages abandoned home in Lynn

LYNN – An abandoned home in northeast Lynn is damaged after a fire broke out in a second-floor closet Friday night, according to Lynn District Fire Chief Steve Archer.Archer said fire crews responded at about 10:30 p.m. to reports of a working fire in a home at 56 Sewell St., which he said was unoccupied.View Larger MapFirefighters found heavy smoke coming out of the second floor, so they stretched a hose to the second floor and broke through a window to get in. They found a fire mostly confined to a closet on second-floor bedroom and put it out in less than an hour.Archer said he doesn’t have estimate on damages the fire caused but said the second floor has heavy smoke and water damage, and the first floor has some water damage from the fire hose.Archer said fire crews are investigating the cause of the fire.He said the fire department was able to locate the owners of the home, who were not living in the home at the time of the fire.